The American Army has invested 2,7 million dollars in British company Quintiq. This company specialises in electric vehicle drivesystems where the electric motors are mounted in the wheel hubs. The US army appears to be very aware of the savings potential of such compact drivesystems. Should military vehicles be electrically driven on a large scale,…… Continue Reading
Mercedes-benz has stopped the production of the bonneted trucks in Brazil. After Scania and Volvo Mercedes was the last to produce bonneted trucks in a country that was build by trucks of that type. The last Atron trucks had a Euro-5 engine under the hood. The cab was an evolution of the European Ecoliner cab.…… Continue Reading
After more than 18 months of local research, testing and development, MAN Trucks has released its all-new TGX D38 truck to the Australian market at launch events in Brisbane. The TGX flagship aims to establish the European brand as a major player in the 15-litre, heavy-duty truck market. Before an industry elite, including Penske Corporation…… Continue Reading
More than 35 years after the debut of “Smokey and the Bandit,” Western Star fans are paying tribute to the classic movie with its newest star, “Bandit”, the “Design Our Star Project: Part II” show truck. The 2017 5700XE was built from the ground up by fans and customers, who selected the truck model, application,…… Continue Reading
Volkswagen Truck & Bus is eagerly looking to find savings by letting it’s truck manufacturers cooperate as much as possible. Right after the German IAA-show, some structure of the very young Truck & Bus Group of Volkswagen starts to show. Volkswagen wants Scania to develop drivelines and it wants MAN to work on chassis parts,…… Continue Reading
Volkswagen has introduced a CNG version of the VW Constellation 24.280. This biggest VW truck ever, introduced six years ago was presented now with a CNG system. Estimates for the prototype is a 20% reduction in nitrogen oxide and particulate emissions compared with certifiable diesel engines in Brazil. The CNG system should be compliant with…… Continue Reading
In The Netherlands Scania celebrated the 125th birthday with a classic truckrun. 125 classic Scania trucks made a convoi trip to Zwolle. BIGtruck and Iepieleaks made this movie to remember this great event. … Continue Reading
Navistarannounched their SuperTruck demonstration vehicle, CatalIST last wednesday. This truck achieved a freight efficiency improvement of 104 percent and that is more than double the 50 percent goal set by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its SuperTruck program. Against a 2009 base line model truck, the CatalIST Supertruck achieved a fuel economy of 13 miles…… Continue Reading
The new Scania R- and S- series are only just introduced but already the Dutch company Van Winkoop is offering a longer version. With this new ‘Longline’ design Van Winkoop is announcing a 90 cm longer cab. Van Winkoop is also the company who produced the longer versions of the Volvo FH and DAF XF…… Continue Reading
Now here are some photo’s that were teken by Erik-Jan Moes. The interesting thing is that this is a 10×4 truck and that means the Construction models are coming. The cab seems to be the R- cab that was introduced but the mirrors are new to us. Is this the more basic construction type of…… Continue Reading
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