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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 [...]

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 [...]

The new MaxiTrans Australia YouTube channel is an opportunity to show off some great Aussie ingenuity. Our biggest trailer manufacturing company have put together a number of videos demonstrating their wares. The company cover most industry sectors with their different brands, including Freighter, Lusty EMS, Hamelex White and Maxicube, and the short videos demonstrate the [...]

Brisbane Truck Show has been and gone and was a chance for You Tubers to get some footage and put their material up on the web. Here are a few examples, giving those who couldn’t make it a chance to get a flavour of what the show in the new venue was like. Some loved [...]

Here is something people have been talking about for years but has never been generally available in a production truck. Predictive cruise control takes the landscape into consideration when making decisions to improve performance and fuel consumption. The system knows a grade is coming up then speeds up to get stuck into the climb. As [...]

CV Show 2011 MAN press conference – Des Evans a… Follow my videos on vodpod Unfortunately, what this device actually is, isn’t adequately explained in this story but it looks like an iPad with a load of MAN apps loaded onto it. Are MAN going into the business of selling iPads for Apple in Europe? [...]

Here is an interview with the CEO of Westport being very bullish about the chances of LNG powered trucks selling in big numbers. Yes, the technology works well and efficiently. Yes, Natural Gas is cheap when compared to oil. Yes, the cost per kilometre is much lower than for a diesel engine. But, and it’s [...]

Volvo Trucks in Europe are keeping the company image near to the cutting edge when it comes to new technology by making their magazine available on the Apple iPad. The stories look good and include interactive elements as we can see on this video. The world is moving fast as new non-paper technology starts to [...]

etruck has taken a Volvo FH 600 out for a spin, hauling a fully loaded B-double set out of Brisbane and up the Cunningham Gap to Warwick before heading to Toowoomba, and down the perilous range there, then heading back into Brisbane. The main aim of the test was to look at the capabilities of [...]