These photo’s popped up in our mailbox. An anonymous Iepieleaks friend, or spie if you like found the pictures of this Scania R450 6×2 tractor. The photo’s were shot in Illinois, USA. Now since a failed atempt to enter the USA market in the eighties Scania did not sell trucks in North America. At this…… Continue Reading
Volkswagen shows a concept pickuptruck on the New York Auto Show. The Atlas Taoak Concept Vehicle is a full size pickup that is meant to get comments from the market. The VW company says there are no production plans for this pickup truck for the near future. VW Chief designer calls the concept ‘the most…… Continue Reading
What if length regulations woud not be a legal issue. In the USA the Airflow Truck company shows what is possible for driver comfort and aerodynamics, and therefor for the enviroment when length regulations for tractors don’t matter. During the Mid American Truckshow Shell Rotella presents the Starship. The Starship is an innovative, step towards reducing…… Continue Reading
Footage has appeared on Youtube of two Tesla Semi Trucks leaving Gigafactory1 in Nevada and destined for the Fremont factory where Tesla builds it’s Model 3 passenger car. The trucks take part in a large testing programme to find out if the technology is sufficiently reliable. Tesla stresses that this test is not about finding…… Continue Reading
Hino has presented a Class-8 heavy truck for the USA market during a work truck show. It is the Hino XL series, a truck that is going to be assembled in the USA. The trucks come as class 7 and 8 in different wheelbases. The trucks will be powered by Hino’s 9.9 litre A09 engine.…… Continue Reading
At the Detroit Auto Show, the American industry showed their new pick-up trucks. First, there’s the new Chevy Silverado, which has received a high, massive front with small, highly positioned lights. Should you prefer, the new Chevy can shut down seven of it’s eight cylinders and it can also be had with a three litre…… Continue Reading
General Motors has presented a sollution for the worlds toughest transportation challenges with the help of the flexible autonomous fuel cell platform. The name is the Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure, or SURUS. The concept has been developed for civilian use, but can also be used for military purposes. GM SURUS is a two-axle platform,…… Continue Reading
Paccar will be showing two novelties at the CES in Las Vegas. It will show autonomous truck technology on a Peterbilt 579 and a fuel cell driven Kenworth T680. The projects were initiated following the US governments Super Truck project. From this project, Paccar received a 2,1 million dollar support to develop these new technologies.…… Continue Reading
A Californian startup has developed a prototype Class 8 electric truck, called the Thor ET-One. The objection is to make this truck even cooler than others, like the Nikola One and the Tesla Semi, or even the electric truck from Cummins.. The Thor ET-One is built on a Navistar chassis which was put on Dana…… Continue Reading
Last night, Tesla unveiled it’s long awaited truck in the US. It appears that spy-pics Iepieleaks showed, were the right model. The new truck has a range of up to 500 miles, Tesla says, or 800 kilometres in European dimension. The truck features four electric motors driving the two rear axles. We hear that these…… Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 12 2024
BIGtruck Magazine Kippertest 2024
