Together with Swedish waste management company Renova, Volvo Trucks is currently testing and researching how automated vehicles can contribute to safer, more efficient refuse handling and create a better working environment for drivers. The automated systems being tested are in principle the same as those fitted to the autonomous Volvo truck operating in the Kristineberg…… Continue Reading
DAF Trucks is teasing on social media with the news that is going to be revealed tomorrow at the CV Show in Birmingham. The short video movies show a new interior, but there are also some changes on the outside. Here is a detail of the new grille with a changed design. Other, not yet…… Continue Reading
American truckbrand International has been away from the Australian market but now there is an agreement that Iveco gets the rights to sell them Down Under. That is what we learn from BIGRIGS.COM, and that is a bit of a suprise since the Volkswagen Truck and Bus Group has a minority share in International. Both…… Continue Reading
Broshuis trailers has launched an online trailer configurator. With this easy tool you can choose the right trailer in for your job, compare different options and even have a look at the right colour! The configurator shows all the possibilities of the Broshuis programm up to the biggest 3+7 100-ton range. Also the extendable trailers…… Continue Reading
The Volvo Supertruck is a concept truck that saves fuel, takes more cargo and has a lot of interesting things on board for the future. The U.S. Department of Energy’s SuperTruckprogram is a cost-shared, public-private partnership that promotes research and development to improve the freight-hauling efficiency of heavy-duty Class 8 long-haul tractor-trailer trucks. The program aims…… Continue Reading
Famous motorsport designer Gordon Murray has designed a vehicle that “ranks above anything else I’ve ever done”. The van called ‘Ox’ is billed as “the world’s first flat-pack van.” It is a two-wheel drive, off-roader made of marine plywood that can be assembled by non-experts in under 12 hours and travel 1,000km (620 miles) without filling…… Continue Reading
During the introduction of the new generation Scania is presenting one of the prototype trucks that has been running around Europe. Dozens of these camouflaged trucks were used to test all the new systems and technology on board and doing that they were caught often by truckdrivers and truckspotters. We at Iepieleaks got a lot…… Continue Reading
MAZ Trucks from Russia has showed their latest model, the 5th generation of the 6312M7 6×4 chassis. With the new six-cilindre Euro-6 engine and the new cab design with in this case a low roof this is the latest model of MAZ. The truck is fitted with the Mercedes-Benz OM470 engine, good for 428 Hp.…… Continue Reading
The German magazine ‘Auto-Motor-und Sport’ is speculating about Volkswagen considering the sale of Scania. VW needs serious amounts of money for paying lawsuits and claims for the emissions scandal. According to sources at Reuters VW is trying to get a loan of 21 bilion dollar. One of the promisses should be selling one of the…… Continue Reading
Now here is something special. Mack has completed its most expensive build on Australian soil with a customised Super-Liner on its way to Malaysia’s Sultan of Johor. The bespoke truck features a luxury leisure deck, gold-thread embroidery, a golden tiger hood ornament from Wallace Bishop and a specially-designed sleeper unit 80 per cent larger than…… Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 2 2025
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