Isuzu has launched the new N Series model in 2022, but while looking at all of the technological smarts now available on this latest light duty truck from the Japanese truck maker, PowerTorque tries to see a little further down the track to the next stage in the development of Australia’s number one truck brand.
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Stopping Those Stupid Things We Do
Eliminating risks when loading and unloading can be difficult in trucking and stopping those stupid things we do can be hard. Safety issues emerge every day for an operator and minimising those problems is a constant battle
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A Drastically Different Product
This new N Series uses the same basic cabin design that Isuzu have been using since 2007, but, according to Simon Humphries, Isuzu Chief Engineer, Product Strategy, it, ‘really is a drastically different product than that launched 2007’.
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All Care and No Responsibility – Driving Habits of Car Drivers
As anyone who regularly takes a truck out onto the highways and byways of Australia knows, the car is king and the driving habits of car drivers can be summed up as ‘all care and no responsibility’.
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Project to Improve Coupling Performance
A group of interested industry parties have go together to try and shed some light on an issue which is not often discussed, but which is vital to the safety performance of multiple combinations, in a project to improve coupling performance.
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Instant Wheel-slip Control with Electric Power
Thanks to the fast response of the electric motors, the force generated between the wheels and the road can be controlled in an instant to proactively enable instant wheel-slip control with electric power.
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Safety Solutions Can Be Achieved in the Trucking Industry
In this article, Sal Petroccitto, National Heavy Vehicle Regulator CEO, looks at how safety solutions can be achieved in the trucking industry.
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Teaching Grandma to Suck Eggs
For some of the older and more experienced members of the trucking community, like myself, these videos may be seen as a bit like teaching grandma to suck eggs, but there is a drastic lack of knowledge out there.
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The Case For Safety Systems
Watching this video, there is no doubt that the events on this busy highway in Bologna, Italy make the case for safety systems irrefutable. There can be no doubt that autonomous emergency braking (AEB) would have saved lives and prevented this disaster from occurring.
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A Morbid Claim to Fame for Australian Trucking
The category ‘transport, postal and warehousing’ features in the top three across all industries in both fatalities and compensation claims, it’s a morbid claim to fame, for Australian trucking.
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