There has been news coming, right out of left of field, from Japan this week, which has made me contemplate questions about the concept of a Hume Highway conveyor belt?
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An Active Safety Package
The new generation eCanter comes with an active safety package, here we see the full Daimler safety suite included in one of the smaller members of the company’s wide ranges of trucks.
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Known Knowns and Unknown Unknowns
To quote the former advisor to the President of the United States, Donald Rumsfeld, seems a little odd for a publication which deals with the road transport industry in Australia, but the industry is facing new challenges and in this situation it is a good idea to understand the reality of the industry and assess the known knowns and the unknown unknowns.
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Australian Truck Market is Cooling Down
On the evidence of the latest truck sales figures to be released by the Truck Industry Council, it is becoming clearer that although the truck market continues to go quite well, the Australian truck market is cooling down after the extremely high levels of demand we have seen since Covid.
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The Whole Process of Charging a Truck
The test drive of the new eActros was an opportunity to actually go through the whole process of charging a truck up. The truck has to be shut down, but unlocked to be ready for recharging.
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PBS of the Future
Scott Britton, Project Manager of the PBS Review at the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator explained the PBS of the future, at a NatRoad Conference. The project to map out the future plans for the PBS scheme began in 2019.
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Is Hydrogen Efficient Enough?
As the debate about how we are going to power trucking in the future, the question being asked in this video is this, is hydrogen efficient enough? An Australian, Professor David Cebon, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Cambridge University in the UK and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, talks to Jim Park about the efficiency concerns he has around the real cost of hydrogen trucking.
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Simplicity and Reliability in On-Board Mass
In the fast-paced world of transport and logistics, where technological advancements constantly promise to redefine efficiency, Air-Weigh emerges as a paradigm of simplicity and reliability in On-Board Mass (OBM) solutions.
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Looking at the Cummins Hydrogen Option
Here is a video, set in India, but looking at the zero emission transition for trucking and for heavy duty long distance tasks around the world, by looking at the Cummins hydrogen option with an internal combustion engine using the gas.
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More About Smart On-Board Mass
PowerTorque sat down with Transport Certification Australia to find out more about smart on-board mass and what transport operators need to know before investing in the technology.
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