The move towards natural gas being used as a viable alternative to diesel in road haulage have seen a boost this week, with the European launch of the world’s first long haul truck powered entirely by the fuel. The Iveco Stralis NP can run on compressed or liquid natural gas, and unlike other trucks powered […]
MAN Diesel & Turbo has passed a significant milestone with the announcement that it has delivered its 1,000th turbocharger to two-stage turbocharged applications. MAN has a long history in two-stage turbocharging and first evaluated the technology back in the 1970s. In late-2000, MAN focused on the technology to improve its four-stroke portfolio, resulting in the […]
car2go, the car-sharing provider which is part of the Daimler Group, will be opening its 31st international location in Brussels in October 2016. The world’s largest free-floating car-sharer starts up business with 300 vehicles in an area covering around 50 km² in the city of Brussels. As usual, car2go will be using almost exclusively smart […]
ecoRenault Trucks is extending its Optifleet onboard telematics solution with a new functionality to assist long haul drivers with their eco-driving. It gives customers the possibility of monitoring and individually assessing their drivers’ performance by drawing on Renault Trucks’ 20 years’ experience in economical driving. A vehicle’s fuel consumption results from a driving behaviour pattern […]
Renault Trucks is extending its Optifleet onboard IT solution with a new functionality to assist long haul drivers with their eco-driving. It gives them the possibility of monitoring and individually assessing their driving performance together with optimal use of their vehicle, via an algorithm based on Renault Trucks’ 20 years’ experience in economical driving. A vehicle’s […]
The new Scania Irizar i8 Coach is available in 2 lengths; 13.22m and 14.07m. Stylish and fuel efficient, the Scania Irizar i8 boasts an attractive modern design inside and outside the vehicle. The attractive, V-shaped stainless trim stands out at the front, framed by new stylish, full-LED headlights. The revolutionary windscreen style integrates with the […]
Michelin and Iveco have announced that the New Iveco Stralis XP heavy truck will fit the next generation of Michelin X® LINE™ Energy™ tyres as original equipment. The new X® LINE™ Energy™ range is the first tyre range to receive an “AAA” rating for rolling resistance under EU tyre labelling rules. With more than 200,000 […]
MAN will continue to support the soccer club TSV 1860 München. The partnership with the soccer club steeped in tradition will also continue in the 2016/2017 season. “Our employees, too, wear the shirt with the lion every day and some of them even have a lion in their hearts,” says Joachim Drees, Chairman of the […]
Sainsbury’s; a popular supermarket chain in the UK became the first company in the world to introduce a refrigerated delivery truck cooled by a liquid nitrogen powered engine, which will eliminate all emissions associated with refrigeration. Supplied by cooling technology specialists, Dearman, and its partners, the zero-emission cooling unit replaces the traditional diesel engine used to […]
SKF has secured a three-year contract with Compañia Minera Antamina S.A. (Antamina), to provide Proactive Reliability Maintenance services at the company’s open-pit copper mine in Peru. Antamina is jointly owned by BHP Billiton, Glencore, Teck and Mitsubishi Corporation, who have jointly invested over USD 3.5 billion in the site, making it one of the largest […]
