The Hyundai Motor Company is going to start mass-producing electric buses. The company believes that it should not hesitate anymore on markets for electric buses as global markets for electric buses including Chinese markets are expanding very quickly. According to an electric vehicle industry on the 6th, Hyundai Motor Company is preparing to develop electric…… Continue Reading
In BIGtruck online magazine we just published the 1000 point test. This is the first serious comparison test including the new Scania S500. You can find the story here: BIGtruck … Continue Reading
The Ginaf company is building electric driven distribution trucks by the name Duratruck. These trucks are based on Mercedes-Benz Atego trucks and they get a completely new electric driveline. The one on the pictures is a E2114 Duratruck that was delivered recently to the Hulshoff company in Amsterdam. The truck has a 270 kW electromotor…… Continue Reading
During the third Guangzhou International Commercial Vehicle Exhibition the Auman EST won the very first ‘Chinese Truck of the Year’ award ever. The Auman EST is the latest heavy-duty truck model from Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd. (BFDA), which extends the portfolio of locally manufactured trucks. Hereby, Daimler Trucks once again strengthens its global…… Continue Reading
Toyota Motor Corporation will begin to sell fuel cell buses (FC buses) under the Toyota brand from early 2017. Having already undergone repeated field tests for practical use, the Bureau of Transportation of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to utilize two of these FC buses (model name: Toyota FC Bus) as fixed-route buses. Toyota plans…… Continue Reading
A gross combination weight of 152 tonnes and a distance of 1200 kilometres through four countries – these are the key data of a project handled by the Luxemburgish demolition experts Demolition et Terrassement XL and their new CombiMAX combination. For this first job with their new combination, Demolition et Terrassement XL used a 4+6…… Continue Reading
Now here is an interesting illustration! The new Scania R- cab with a bonnet. That makes the new Scania T- model, but off course this is not official. A lot of Scania fans would love to see this in production but a long time ago Scania kissed the T- models goodbye. The market for these…… Continue Reading
A self driving Volvo truck with Otto technologie has driven 120 miles with commercial cargo on public roads in the USA. On Thursday, the self-driving truck left Fort Collins, Colorado, at 1 a.m. and drove itself 120 miles on I-25 to Colorado Springs. The driver, who has to be there to help the truck get…… Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz has presented the new X-Class pickup truck. This model will be available in about one year and Mercedes is aiming at the luxury market with the vehicle. The X-Class is based on the Nissan Navara platform, just like the Renault Alaskan pickup. The pickup has a very good lookin design and also the…… Continue Reading
Volkswagen Truck & Bus is eagerly looking to find savings by letting it’s truck manufacturers cooperate as much as possible. Right after the German IAA-show, some structure of the very young Truck & Bus Group of Volkswagen starts to show. Volkswagen wants Scania to develop drivelines and it wants MAN to work on chassis parts,…… Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 11 2024
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