Latest Hino learnership programme proves very successful

Hino trucks has, over the years, organised many training courses for dealer personnel, but the latest Hino Learnership Programme (HLP) - a structured, nine-month learnership for sales executives - has proved the most successful yet. The culmination of the intensive,...

Mercedes-Benz launches new, fully connected, Sprinter

Mercedes‑Benz have lifted the covers off their latest generation Sprinter model. With the new edition of the bestseller, Mercedes‑Benz Vans now marks the start of the digital age in this vehicle segment. As the first fully connected integral system solution,...

Scania and Northvolt partner for heavy vehicle electrification

Scania and Northvolt have jointly agreed to develop and commercialise battery cell technology for heavy commercial vehicles. Scania today announces that it is investing EUR 10 million in the partnership to enhance further development and support the establishment of...

MAN Truck & Bus boosts business with engines and components

MAN Engines, the business area for engines and components at MAN Truck & Bus AG, has been an independent business unit within the company since 1 January 2018. With this step, MAN Engines is reacting to its considerable growth...

Hino achieves best Dakar rally position in 11 years

Hino, the leading Japanese truck manufacturer, scored its best finishing position in the Dakar Rally in the last 11 years when Teruhito Sugawara and his navigator, Mitsugu Takahashi, finishing sixth overall out of only 19 finishers from 44 starters...

Scania launches a range of city trucks

The L-series will soon be making its debut in Scania’s new truck generation offering for city and urban environments. The L-series is in its element in a city and the surrounding area, regardless of whether this involves applications in distribution,...

Keeping an eye on everything

Everything on one screen: Dispatchers and fleet managers have things easier thanks to Fleetboard. With its Trailer Data and Trailer ID services, Fleetboard integrates the semitrailer and displays information about both the truck and trailer on one screen. "Integrating all the...

Shell signs up as headline sponsor of TruckX 2018

Shell South Africa has signed on as a headline sponsor of TruckX 2018. With a record-breaking 2 187 visitors attending TruckX 2017, it’s no wonder that a number of blue-chip OEMs as well as organisations and brands representing all sectors of...

Volvo Trucks wants to see fewer trucks in urban rush-hour traffic

In 2019 Volvo Trucks will start selling electric trucks in Europe, and the first units will be put into operation together with selected reference customers already this year. Electric trucks drastically reduce noise and exhaust emissions and open up...

Serco delivers new truck bodies for Bakers SA Limited

Serco is supplying 31 dry freight truck bodies – including 7 demountable load units - to Bakers S.A. Limited, who will use them in their fleet for the distribution of FMCG, as well as white and brown goods on...