Interesting news about Volvo. We found news about the Federal Motor Safety Association (FMCSA) about the introduction of camera systems in stead of mirrors on www.cdllife.nl. The biggest news is in the photo that is in the article, because that does not only show the mirrorcam, but also the new, digital Volvo dashboard! Volvo is…… 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
Volvo has published a new viral movie on Youtube. The new I-Shift Dual Clutch that is presented as ‘under the hood it is a race car’ is racing against the famous Swedish Koenigsegg One:1. This race car is the first ever to have one horsepower for every kilo, and the total weight is 1360 kg!…… Continue Reading
Scania just launched a movie to promote the European Young Driver Competition 2014. In this movie a young truckdriver is fooled in a smart way. Enjoy the Youtube movie! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV8VALp-jno&w=560&h=315]… Continue Reading
Volvo is launching a complete series of viral video’s on Youtube. After ‘The Ballerina Stunt, The Hook and Charly the Hamster there is also ‘The Technician. For me this is one of the best video’s yet. Watch his head after the FMX passed! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoVI2KzO-_Y&w=420&h=315]… Continue Reading
Collegue Brian Weatherly tested a Volvo FH16 700 in a Road Train configuration in Australia. Here’s the teaser of his Truck Report from Australia! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPsrxzeCN0&w=560&h=315]… Continue Reading
Driving a modern truck you have no clou how much effort it took to build it. A few years ago I was able to build my own FH in the Volvo plant in Gent, so I do know what it takes. Volvo now made a press release that tells everything about the production of a…… Continue Reading
A few weeks ago i was invited to drive a Ginaf HD 5380, and that is a 10X6 truck for mining. Ginaf is building about 200 of these 60- and 80 ton trucks for China, and this was the 80 ton version. The test track was in a mine, and here is the video I…… Continue Reading
Volvo Trucks has unveiled a powerful option for North American extreme gross weight applications with the launch of the Volvo VNX. The VNX is powered by Volvo’s newly introduced D16 engine with 600 horsepower, 2,050 lb.- ft. torque and Volvo’s I-Shift automated manual transmission. Volvo showed the VNX at the 2013 Mid-America Trucking Show with…… Continue Reading
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Putb7eCegh0&w=420&h=315] One of the great new features of this new weblayout is that i can also post Youtube movies. Here is some footage of the next Volvo trucks! Youtube is great and you can find anything there, including this movie that has photo’s that i made and published on this website. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAoGny15uMQ&w=560&h=315]… Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 11 2024
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