DAF Trucks will participate in a two year truck platooning trial in the UK, led by TRL, the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory. Together with its partners, TNO, Ricardo and logistics company DHL, DAF Trucks has been selected by the UK government’s Department for Transport, in conjunction with Highways England to gain experience with truck platooning…… Continue Reading
Diesel engine manufacturer Cummins has launched it’s very own electric truck. We already noticed that Cummins doesn’t sit back and wait until diesel engines have become obsolete. On the contrary, we knew that Cummins was already developing an electric driveline. With the AEOS, this had become reality. It is a 34,5 tonne truck (Class7) with…… Continue Reading
DAF introduces a significant number of innovations to the LF, which will, according to DAF, reinforce the truck’s industry position in the 7.5 to 19-tonne class. The innovations include a new 3.8 litre engine and the possibility to select faster drive lines for maximum fuel efficiency. At the same time, the design of the exterior…… Continue Reading
The GAZ Group has presented a new Ural truck for the oil- and gas industrie. The new Ural four- axled truck is capable of transporting 30 tonnes of payload. The truck is powered by a YaMZ-635 engine with 422 Hp and 2000 Nm of torque. This Euro-5 engine is mounted to a 16 speed gearbox…… Continue Reading
Paccar has developed it’s own transmission for use in trucks of Kenworth and Peterbilt. Paccar did not entirely build it’s own transmission, they left this to Eaton. Together with this company, Paccar developed an automated transmission from the ground up, which should be the lightest in it’s class and which is meant to be the…… Continue Reading
Finnish haulier and showtruck specialist Mika Auvinen has launched a spectacular new purple combination, based on a Mercedes 2663 Actros rigid. Again, the end result is spectacular and it is up to your taste if you like it or not. At least we have never seen anything that comes near this Actros conversion. According to…… Continue Reading
After the compact full electric ‘Streetscooter’ distribution van the new German producer of electric LCV’s now presents the Streetscooter Work XL. This bigger LCV is based on a Ford Transit van with a 20 cubic metres big body. Custumers can choose different batterypacks that make distances possible up to 120 km on one battey charge.…… Continue Reading
On this photo, made by Truckphoto Helsingborg, we see a Scania badged as a G500. The same truck was caught last year by a Dutch truckdriver and at that time it had camouflage prints over the cab. The only thing that is hidden is now the front bumper that looks like a construction bumper. It…… Continue Reading
A Finnish company called Proventia has developed a set with which you can upgrade your Euro 4 or Euro 5 truck to a modern Euro 6 truck. The system was actually introduced a year ago, but only now, Proventia has won all approvals which allow delivery Europe wide. The past year was spent with testing…… Continue Reading
We already saw an electric truck of MAN at the recent IAA in Hanover, but the Germans don’t leave this subject after one try. MAN will start experimenting with and eventually producing electric trucks. Here’s the introductory path. MAN buses are the first to take profit of the new technology. Next year, a number of…… Continue Reading
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