The Bullet Burnout Truck made an impressive comeback at the annual Summernats festival in Canberra. Laurie Williams, owner of North Queensland Truck and Machinery Movements, has given the Bullet Burnout Truck a new start. The heavily-modified Western Star 4800 is powered by a Detroit 16V92 two-stroke engine, rated...
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Motorists, particularly those towing caravans, are being urged to be smart about how they share roadside rest stops with trucks this Christmas holiday season. New statistics released today by transport and logistics insurer, NTI, show 83% of fatigue-related accidents involving trucks in the lead up to Christmas last...
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The processing of Class 1 Oversize and Overmass permit applications for Queensland will transfer from Queensland’s Transport and Main Roads to the NHVR from 16 December 2019. This is the last phase of the delegations to return to the National Heavy Vehicle regulator and from this date, all...
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Due to bushfires in NSW the major corridors of Pacific Highway and New England Highway are closed in various locations. The bushfire situation is causing significant road impacts. More information about the fires in NSW can be found at Firesnearme.com. Numerous heavy vehicles are parked up on the...
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ALDI Australia today announced that following a successful trial, it will roll-out a new fleet management tool with plans to deploy Electronic Work Diaries (EWD), once approved by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR). The new tool will deployed across ALDI’s entire fleet. “If you care about the...
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The automotive industry is currently experiencing a technological revolution caused by the introduction of hybrid and electric vehicles and as a result, faces widespread skills shortages. In response, the Motor Trades Association of Queensland (MTA Queensland) has developed Auto Camp; a three-day school holiday program which allows high...
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The heavy vehicle industry is divided over Austroads recommendations to increase the maximum allowable heavy freight vehicle width from 2500 mm to 2550 mm (including attachments). Austroads, the peak organisation of Australasian road transport and traffic agencies, was tasked by the Federal Government to look at the productivity...
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Scania has released its latest member of its autonomous family, the Scania AXL, a fully autonomous concept truck, without a cab. In what is another milestone in the development of heavy self-driving vehicles, a group of Scania experts in different fields have teamed up and developed a concept...
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The Brisbane Truck Show has taken out two major national event awards, being named Australia’s Best Corporate Event and Best Exhibition, Trade or Consumer Show for this year’s event. Winners of the Australian Event Awards were announced at a ceremony at Optus Stadium in Perth last night with...
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Australia Post will be the first Australian company to trial Fuso’s eCanter, the world’s first factory manufactured electric truck. The trial will see posties putting the truck through its paces in the Sydney CBD, testing to gauge the vehicle’s suitability for the business during customer pickups and deliveries....
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