Category Archives: China

Chinese takeover for Iveco?

Chinese takeover for Iveco?

CNH Industrial, the mother company of Iveco, has resumed negotiations with the Chinese company FAW to sell CNH’s truck branche, Iveco, Reuters reports. Both parties broke off negotiations last July, because FAW, a state-owned company, would not offer enough money for Iveco. The offer then amounted to three billion euros. Recently, just before the turn…Continue Reading

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Dongfeng Autonomous container truck

Dongfeng Autonomous container truck

Dongfeng has recently delivered the first 3 units autonomous container trucks to a customer in Xiamen. The trucks are developed by Dongfeng in cooperation with Cosco Shipping Ports and China Mobile. they will start operation in the port for the development of the 5G smart port after necessary adjustments are completed. The trucks have double…Continue Reading

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Chenglong H7 3.0

Chenglong H7 3.0

Dongfeng Liuzhou  Motor Co., Ltd released the new Chenglong brand strategy and the new truck, the H7 3.0.   Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor Co., Ltd, which was founded in 1954, is now a state-owned subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. and Guangxi Liuzhou Industrial Investment Development Group Co., Ltd.. It is Dongfeng’s commercial vehicle production…Continue Reading

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Turkish- Chinese Ford trucks on test

Turkish- Chinese Ford trucks on test

We got these photo’s from one of our friends who tells us that these are the Turkish Ford trucks, being tested by a Chinese company, the Jiangling Motor Corporation. This company builds lightweight trucks but now they are working on a heavy truck together with the Turkish Ford brand. The trucks are going to be sold…Continue Reading

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Chinese Sinotruk available in Britain

Chinese Sinotruk available in Britain

Chinese truckbrand Sinotruk starts to sell trucks from their construction range in Britain. A new importer has been appointed. Sinotruk are confident to be successfull, as other Asian trucks, such as Hino are also doing well in the British construction market. The construction truck in the picture looks quite familiar, with a first gen Volvo…Continue Reading

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Electric refuse trucks from Paccar and BYD

Electric refuse trucks from Paccar and BYD

Electric traction gains the interest of the global trucking industry. Right now, Peterbilt introduces an electric version of it’s Model 520 refuse truck. Tis is a widely used truck in the US, to be specified with either a Paccar or a Cummins diesel engine, a Cummins Natural Gas engine and now also with a battery…Continue Reading

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China readies first autonomous truck

China readies first autonomous truck

China’s FAW, which stands for First Auto Works, has unveiled the first China built truck which drives autonomous. FAW stresses that the truck has been developed completely by the company itself. FAW built a Jiefang J7 tractor and a J6 dumper, which are loaded with lots of electronics to be able to do without a…Continue Reading

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Mercedes studies new Actros versions for China and Brazil

Mercedes studies new Actros versions for China and Brazil

Mercedes-Benz has a fine cooperation with Foton in China, but it has announced that it intends to sell it’s own Actros truck as well. Also, Mercedes is looking to replace the Actros they sell in Brazil, with a version of the present Actros we all  know in Europe. The Mercedes shown in this picture was…Continue Reading

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Auman EST is the first ever ‘Chinese Truck of the Year’

Auman EST is the first ever ‘Chinese Truck of the Year’

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

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Bigtruck magazine editie 12 2024

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