SAF-Holland has introduced a new, hydraulic driven trailer axle. This axle is meant to give support to the tractor unit in heavy terrain under difficult surcomstances. According to US-German component specialist, the new Trak model is supposed to provide transport businesses operating in the construction or waste industry with an alternative to often-costly multi-drive trucks. “The…… Continue Reading
MAN presented most of the news for the IAA exhibition but they kept the biggest news under a cover. Yes, the new MAN TGE van is going to be presented in Hannover but no, we did not get a glimpse of it. For the heavy line MAN comes with a small facelift that gives some…… Continue Reading
Schmitz Cargobull is going to build body’s for the new VW Crafter chassis-cab models. The German trailerbuilder has formed a new company by the name Truckbody GmbH. This company is going to build the boxes in Berlin. Schmitz is planning to build furniture boxes and isolated body’s for the new Crafter vans. The plan is…… Continue Reading
ZF and Wabco have announced a joint prototype of Evasive Maneuver Assist (EMA), a new collision avoidance technology for commercial vehicles. Jointly developed by WABCO and ZF, the Evasive Maneuver Assist combines WABCO’s OnGuardACTIVE collision mitigation system technologywith ZF’s active steering technology, and marks yet another step toward enabling autonomous driving in the commercial vehicle…… Continue Reading
The Hyundai H350 van was introduced in 9 countries in 2015 to start with. The van is very succesfull and now Hyundai is rolling out in 5 more countries. New is that the H350 van is now also available in Romania, Bulgaria, Danmark Hungary and Portugal. The original sales start was in Austria, Belgium, Chech Republic,…… Continue Reading
Iveco is going to launch another update of the Stralis cab this year. The new Stralis will be presented soon in Madrid but we found some photo’s that already show some news. The biggest news is that the cab is the same as we already know.. but there seem to be some new details. First…… Continue Reading
FPT Industrial, market leader and innovator of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) engines, extends its range of on-road alternative fuel solutions with the first real 9 liter diesel equivalent at the Beijing Bus and Truck Show, from the 23rd to the 26th of May, 2016. The new Cursor 9 CNG, based on the Best in Class…… Continue Reading
Volvo lauched the I-Torque system in 2013 but the only thing that was realy lauches was the I-Shift Dual Clutch. That was one important piece of the I-Torque puzzle but now it looks like the other pieces were also found. On the USA website of Volvo we found the information that the 2017 models will…… Continue Reading
Heineken, the famous Dutch beer is now distributing their products in hometown Amsterdam with eight electric driven trucks. The trucks are produced by Ginaf and are based on Mercedes-Benz Atego trucks.… Continue Reading
Volvo Group has presented the first self-driving mining truck. The truck is part of a research and developement programm on autonomous vehicles with the focus on mining. Volvo is especting highere productivity and improved safety. The project is a cooperation between Volvo Group and Saab. The Volvo FMX tipper truck kan drive, navigate and unload…… Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 11 2024
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