Heavy transport company Affolter Transporte AG from Switzerland has ordered a lot of pendular- axle trailers and modular trailermodules at Nooteboom in The Netherlands. Click here for more information!… Continue Reading
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Tesla semi trucks on the road
Footage has appeared on Youtube of two Tesla Semi Trucks leaving Gigafactory1 in Nevada and destined for the Fremont factory where Tesla builds it’s Model 3 passenger car. The trucks take part in a large testing programme to find out if the technology is sufficiently reliable. Tesla stresses that this test is not about finding…… Continue Reading
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Hino Class-8 truck for US market
Hino has presented a Class-8 heavy truck for the USA market during a work truck show. It is the Hino XL series, a truck that is going to be assembled in the USA. The trucks come as class 7 and 8 in different wheelbases. The trucks will be powered by Hino’s 9.9 litre A09 engine.…… Continue Reading
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MAN: facelift coming up?
The last weeks we see more and more photo’s of camouflaged MAN trucks. The thing we learn from the pictures is that MAN is working on a facelift. The side windows are different, and it looks like the roof is completely new. That means the high roof nog has a normal hight windscreen. Or is…… Continue Reading
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Scania SLX ‘Nextgen’ Longline
This spectacular truck is the new Scania SLX Longline. This is the first ever Scania of the new generation that has the longer cab. The bodywork was streched with 120 cm by Van Winkoop in The Netherlands. The great artwork and finish are from MW Designs and all the rest of the bodyparts and rearbumper…… Continue Reading
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Tatra Euro-6c: More power, smaller dampers and higher axleload
Tatra is starting the production of the 2018 models with the new Paccar MX11 and MX13 engines. That means more power, less fuel and with the new ZF Traxon automatised 16- gearboxed faster shifting. Another advantage of the new generation of Tatra is the more compact exhaustunit. That is almost half the size it used…… Continue Reading
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Mercedes eActros launched
Mercedes Benz just launched the new eActros. This is a full electric 25 ton truck for heavy distribution. The truck has a range on one charge of 200 kilometres and as you see in the video the acceleration is impressive. The truck is the production version of the electric truck Mercedes showed during the IAA…… Continue Reading
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MAZ Euro-6 truck with Mercedes-Benz engine
The MAZ 5440M9 4×2 tractor is a modern looking truck that comes as Euro-6. The truck has a modern cab that seems to be a unique design of the Minsk Automobile Plant. The engine is the OM471 R6 Euro-6 engine of Mercedes-Benz. The gearbox, the G230-12 is also from Mercedes. The engine delivers 475 Hp.…… Continue Reading
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More MAN trucks spotted in Sweden
Our Iepieleaks spie squad has spotted even more MAN testtrucks. These photo’s were made in Arvidsjaur, Sweden last week. We see the heavy trucks that seem to come with a new roof, now without the high windscreen and side windows. For the rest it is all speculation what is tested here but there shure is…… Continue Reading
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Tatra starts production in Azerbeijan
TATRA trucks will be produced in Azerbaijan. TATRA and Azerbaijani Ganja Automobile plant have agreed on the terms and conditions of the joint project. The project, which was mediated with help of the Euro-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce, will be launched in 2018 when the first pieces of vehicles should be assembled in Azerbaijan. The memorandum…… Continue Reading
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