Autonomous Trucks Now

Autonomous Trucks Now

We can keep our heads in the sand and tell ourselves they are decades away, but there are some real-world examples of the latest technology making this possible in quite a short time.   These examples
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Classic Truck Restorations

This week, we’re looking at classic truck restorations and, more particularly, the trucks collected and restored by the Klos boys. This episode goes back a bit in time, but that’s what truck restorations is all about. Not surprisingly, all of the models in this particular show are Kenworths.
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Truck Show Snapshots

Last week was Brisbane Truck Show, here are the Diesel News’ Truck Show Snapshots, if you couldn’t make to the event.There were unveilings by Scania, UD Trucks, Mercedes Benz, International and Hino. Crowds surged around the new Kenworth T610 and the old school limited edition T900 on the Paccar stand. Freightliner harked back over the 75 years since the founding of the company with a rare 1950 A64-800 ‘Bubblenose’ truck.
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Autonomous Trucks On Our Streets

Autonomous Trucks On Our Streets

When can we expect to see autonomous trucks on our streets? Right now apparently, this is a Volvo garbage truck actually working on a residential street in Sweden.     When Diesel News took a
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Bringing Back To Life

Bringing Back To Life

A new initiative from NTI will see the insurance company bringing back to life a truck to be auctioned to raise funds for and awareness of Motor Neuron Disease (MND).   It has announced a new initiative
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Gas Power End-To-End

Gas Power End-To-End

For the poms it must be a long way, to use gas power end-to-end in the UK, from the top of Scotland to the foot of England – all on one tank. The 874-mile stretch equates to 1,407km – not a bad distance
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Fuel Cell Powered Truck

Fuel Cell Powered Truck

This fuel cell–powered truck looks amazingly like a Kenworth, but it isn’t. It’s a Toyota test truck running in California as part of the campaign by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to minimise
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Doing the Milk Run

Doing The Milk Run

Here’s a gentle story of a truck driver who lives in a world almost completely beyond our experiences in Australia. This driver works in the fjords of Norway, going from farm to farm collecting milk
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It's All Japanese To Me

It’s All Japanese To Me

These truck promotion videos are all Japanese to me, but the differences between the offerings from the different brands gives an idea about the varied approaches brands take to get their message across.
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