Actros

The Streets of London

On the streets of London, the CLOCS (Construction Logistics and Community Safety) ticking for truck owners in the UK capital. There’s been a growing debate in the UK on how to avoid collisions between commercial vehicles and cyclists. Truck makers are showcasing the designs they have come up with to avoid cyclist fatalities. In 2011, an analysis of nine cycling fatalities involving trucks in London discovered that seven of them involved construction vehicles, triggering concerns that while the construction industry accounted for only a small-proportion of freight traffic running in and out of the nation’s capital, their trucks were ‘over represented’ in cyclist fatalities.
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It’s Showtime

It’s Showtime

Only a few sleeps and it’s showtime, with the Brisbane Truck Show (BTS) celebrating 50 years since its first event. The image above shows Brisbane’s humble beginnings, but this year’s show, from
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Shiny New Trucks

Shiny New Trucks

Diesel News took a trip up to Cairns the day after the new Mercedes Benz Actros models had been unveiled to a large audience of 260 potential buyers, against a dramatic background of burning cane fields
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Test Driving the Next Generation

Test Driving the Next Generation

Test driving the next generation Mercedes Benz Actros B-double prime mover, Diesel Magazine became part of the trial process. Taking the new Actros, in its standard B-double prime mover model, with a 16
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Running Mercedes Benz Trucks in Australia

The man tasked with the job of running Mercedes Benz trucks in Australia is Michael May, long time servant of the company and part of the relatively young team now steering the Daimler Trucks ship in this country. Diesel News talked to him about his past and the future for the truck brand.
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Completely New Truck Range

Completely New Truck Range

A completely new truck range doesn’t come around very often. For the truck manufacturer, they are a one in twenty year event. Since it’s introduction back in 1996, the Actros has had a chequered career
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Actros Driver’s First Impressions

Diesel News became part of the trial testing process in the development of the new truck from Mercedes Benz, which was released last month. Here is a Actros driver’s first impressions of the cab fwhen confronted with a new design and an array of buttons and displays. The cabin on the model tested by Diesel is the biggest one we will see here in Australia. This has a flat floor and double bunks, fitted with the kind of things we expect in a top of the range European prime mover, a slide out fridge and storage drawer, plus well-appointed interior. The bottom bunk is large, in European terms, and comfortable.
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Tunnel Tolls, Industry Code, Fair Work and Noelene Retires

New Mercedes Benz Actros Preview

Here’s a new Mercedes Benz Actros preview, in the lead up to the new model’s first official public appearance, next week. The next generation Actros is all-new from stem to stern. There’s a completely
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New Truck on the Way from Mercedes Benz

The new truck on the way from Mercedes Benz should mean Daimler, as a group, and Mercedes Benz in particular have something completely new to show the world. The next generation Actros is all-new from
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