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Scania have come up with a cruise control system which uses GPS to know when it is approaching an ascent or descent and acting accordingly to save fuel. This video goes through the way the system works and how effective it can be but also reveals they have only mapped Europe so far. It’s going [...]

etruck has just returned from Japan after a visit to the Tokyo Motor Show as the guest of Fuso trucks. Life seems to be getting back to normal for the Japanese truck manufacturers after their no show at the previous show in 2009. Fuso had plenty of new stuff to show on their stand. See [...]

This is it, this is what Aussie truck driving is all about! Getting through the gears all the way on a Roadranger as fast as this is pretty impressive. When you are driving a truck like you don’t realise how much work you are doing going up through the gears, you are making the changes [...]

The Perth Truck Show has certainly drawn the crowds. After a busy Friday, the crowds have poured into the truck show on Saturday. Fears the GFC and a more cautious business atmosphere would dampen enthusiasm have been allayed. Thank god for the resources boom.

Here’s a short video to make you think. If you have never witnessed a truck tyre going off, you have no idea quite what a damaging explosion it can be. This video comes from the UK, as a tyre company tries to increase awareness of the dangers of exploding tyres.

Long time UK trucking blogger, Brian Weatherley gets a lesson in truck driving to get his fuel consumption down. The founder of the Big Lorry Blog tries his best to keep fuel use to a minimum but when instructed how to save fuel makes a serious improvement.

The subject of alternative fuels comes up increasingly often as we contemplate the future of more climate change, carbon tax and rising diesel prices. This video demonstrates there is not going to be a single ‘silver bullet’ solution. We are going to be confronted with a wide variety of alternatives for different applications. Hybrid looks [...]

This a great ad developed in the UK to make the public aware of just how important transport and logistics is in their lives. It envisages what life would be like without logistics and demonstrates the breadth of the role of logistics in everyone’s existence. Love Logistics – A life without logistics – Watch more [...]

Trust the Kiwis to get it right without costing an arm and a leg. This shot is of a new combination being used on the roads of New Zealand. The authorities there have taken a pragmatic approach to getting higher productivity trucks on the road without compromising the infrastructure and without costing operators millions of [...]