Nobody is offended when EU membership states would unanimously decide to start using Long and Heavy Vehicle combinations all throughout the European Union. That is the conclusion of a EU-study made in assignment of the European Parliament. After the proposal of the European Commission to allow Long and Heavy Vehicles in the EU, the Parliament…… Continue Reading
During a session at the Comtrans show in Moscow, the new Volvo FH has been voted Truck of the Year 2014. The new Volvo just beat the renewed DAF XF by a mere eleven points. The new Volvo is packed with new technologies, which have impressed the jury. I-See, new telematics for optimum maintenance and…… Continue Reading
Now here is the first Iepieleaks photo of a completely new Asian truck. I made the photo last week and in a few weeks you can read all about it. Iepieleaks did not only catch the truck on photo’s, we were also the first ever to drive this new truck on the South Korean roads! Stay…… Continue Reading
The production of the new Kamaz 5490 long haul truck will start in this month. This truck is the first Kamaz with Mercedes Benz parts and cab. The old Axor cab has a new designed front grille. Daimler now owns 15% of the Russian truck manufacturer. The Mercedes-Benz OM 457LA six-cylinder engine with 12 liter…… Continue Reading
DAF surprises with special Construction variants of the LF and CF ranges. They will be introduced at Matexpo in Belgium this week. They are not all wheel drive chassis, but adapted chassis for use off road. The new DAF’s are clearly recognisable and feature a new front bumper and grille. More details follow on a…… Continue Reading
Australia’s army has ordered no less than 2,500 new trucks from MAN. The vehicles will be built at MAN’s specialised defense-company Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles in Austria. Australia pays 1,1 billion euro’s for it’s new truckfleet. Australia ordered many rigids, tipper vehicles in various shapes and sizes, vehicles to deal with swap bodies, and recovery…… Continue Reading
More and more operators are looking for an alternative for diesel. In Holland Schouten Rolande is rebuilding Iveco CNG trucks in to LNG. With this liquefied biogas the the trucks have a longer action radius than with compressed CNG. The Iveco trucks come from the factory with an Iveco gas engine, so this is no…… Continue Reading
Renault Trucks is testing a 16 tonne hybrid truck running on electricity with an autonomous extender in partnership with Norbert Dentressangle and ThyssenKrupp Materials France, a vehicle resulting from work carried out with IFP Energies Nouvelles and PVI. The “hybrid series rechargeable” technology used by this vehicle makes it possible to combine considerable autonomy in…… Continue Reading
After a long period of uncertainty, Navistar seems to be back on track after having delivered the 10.000th ProStar featuring a Cummins ISX 15 engine with SCR. Navistar recovers from the mistake they made, relying entirely on EGR-technology to meet EPA 10 requirements. Navistar tried to sell truck engines by telling customers that they were…… Continue Reading
Sinotruck does not only produce trucks for the road, they also have the Hova terminal tractors. Recently 50 of them were sold to Saudi Arabia. Source: Chinatruck.org… Continue Reading
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