Volkswagen truck arm sell off

Volkswagen Truck Arm Sell Off

The long-awaited and several times-delayed Volkswagen truck arm sell off is set to go ahead soon and could value the operation at up to $24 billion. The VW organisation separated its commercial truck division from its car making operations and renamed it under the Traton name, after it took over both Scania and MAN trucks and joined them in with the South American VW truck manufacturing operation.  Read More
looking at the bigger picture

Looking at the Bigger Picture

As President and CEO of a global organisation like Scania Truck, Henrik Henriksson, is always looking at the bigger picture. He shares his views about the future of truck manufacturing with Diesel News. Read More
middle weight contender

Middle-weight Contender

The New Generation Scania G450 has the ideal size and specs to fulfil the role of middle weight contender, in intra and interstate single trailer or truck and dog applications. It does this effortlessly while returning excellent fuel economy. That’s the conclusion Paul Matthei came to after a recent road test. Read More
a comprehensive Scania array

A Comprehensive Scania Array

  At this year’s Brisbane Truck Show a comprehensive Scania array, of the Swedish truck maker’s New Truck Generation range will be on display in public for the first time in Australia.
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out on the road with the new Scanias

Out on the Road with the New Scanias

Heading out of Cairns early morning to avoid what passes for a rush hour in the north Queensland city, we were out on the road with the new Scanias. We have now reached a point where it is a no-brainer to let the truck drive itself as much as possible. The driver simply needs to handle the steering and, occasionally, take over on the accelerator and the brake. They can use all of their attention to look at what’s going on and make sure everybody in the truck and around the truck are safe and travelling as efficiently as possible. Read More
Scania’s first autonomous truck in Australia

Scania’s First Autonomous Truck in Australia

The testing program for a new generation autonomous transport system at Rio Tinto’s Dampier Salt operations in Western Australia is using Scania’s first autonomous truck in Australia. The first phase of the trial started in August 2018 and involves a Scania XT 8×4 autonomous tipper truck working separately from Dampier’s active operations. Read More
a trek across country Queensland

A Trek Across Country Queensland

Driving the latest Scania models on a trek across country Queensland gives us a picture of the future of trucking, from the driver’s point of view. Diesel News leaves most of the decision-making to the truck’s computer and gets a result.  Read More
the cabover contenders

The Cabover Contenders 

A couple of months back Diesel News looked at the conventional contenders, we turn to the cabover contenders in the B-double prime mover segment and a couple of brands on the up. We look at brands trying to make a mark in their particular segments competing up against the dominating brands in their sector. Read More
latest Scania mining and construction models

Latest Scania Mining and Construction Models

The XT range of the New Truck Generation are the latest Scania mining and construction models unveiled at Melbourne’s International Mining and Resources Conference. The all-new XT is designed to handle a wide variety of applications, and can be configured to an operator’s requirements, utilising one of three available cab sizes.  Read More