Collegue Brian Weatherly tested a Volvo FH16 700 in a Road Train configuration in Australia. Here’s the teaser of his Truck Report from Australia! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPsrxzeCN0&w=560&h=315]… Continue Reading
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Author Archives: Iep van der Meer
Magnetic road in South Korea
In South Korea the worlds first ‘electric’ or ‘magnetic’ road is being finished. The road of 24 km length has electrical cables under the surface that send electric energy wireless to passing vehicles. By doing this the electrical busses that drive on this route don’t need to carry heavy traction battery’s. The Korean Advanced Institute…… Continue Reading
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Trias Truck Carrier
Trucks are getting bigger and higher, and especialy in Europe where the max height is 4 metres low loading is a must. Trias from Apeldoorn, Holland now comes with a new generation of low loaders for truck transport. Trias does not only build the trailers and the body’s, they also adjust the truck chassis. Click…… Continue Reading
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Howo, new front design
Chinese truckbrand Sinotruck Howo uses Volvo cabs, and I did see the ‘FH-like’ truck many times. New to me is the front design of the old Volvo FL cab. It does look good on the Howo! Sinotruck seems to grow fast, and there is a lot of development going on. In the past years the…… Continue Reading
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Limpens is testing Euro-6
Dutch transport company Limpens in Elsloo organised its own Euro-6 comparison test. The company ordered eight trucks of four brands to compare the Euro-6 technic on board. The MAN, Mercedes and DAF truck are 410 Hp versions, the Volvo is 460. Limpens wants trucks round 400 Hp, but Volvo could only deliver the 460 version.…… Continue Reading
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Volvo FH: XXL coming?
Volvo used to build an XXL version of the old FH Globetrotter for the Australian market. In a later that big-cab-Volvo was also sold in Norway, and some of them are driving all over Europe. After the new FH has been launched in Australia, there is no sign yet of a new XXL version. I…… Continue Reading
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Sisu Euro-6 with new Actros cab
The Norwegian website Tungt.no brings the news that Sisu is going to launch the Euro-6 version of the Polar trucks in oktober. The new Sisu is going to use the inline six cylinder engine of Mercedes-Benz that delivers up to 625 Hp. The engine comes with the PowerShift-3 gearbox of Mercedes or with manual transmission.…… Continue Reading
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Arocs introduction video
A launch of a new truck is always a big thing, but it is hard to come up with something original. Mercedes-Benz did it this way with the Arocs construction vehicles. Good idea to have construction machines take the sheet of the truck! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT5lLyOzJZI&w=560&h=315]… Continue Reading
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Iveco Strator Euro-6 is coming!
The bonneted Iveco, the Strator has a growing amount of fans in Europe, but it is still an exclusive vehicle. The trucks are built by CFG in Holland on the basis of an Iveco Stralis or Trakker. So far CFG built Euro-5 and EEV versions of the Strator but the planning is that Euro-6 will…… Continue Reading
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GM plans to sell rebranded Peugeot vans in US
General Motors seems to be planning the sale of rebadged Peugeot vans in the United States. La Tribune published a story that GM is making study’s at the moment for the possibility’s. GM owns seven percent in the French manufacturer. Mercedes-Benz was the first brand to ship European van’s to the States, and Chrysler is…… Continue Reading
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