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GITI Tyres Big Test - Super Efficiency

Scania’s big product news for 2023 is the recent launch of its latest generation `Super’ six-cylinder models.

A mainstay of the Scania line-up in Europe, the Super models have tended to be overshadowed by the big horsepower of the V8 models for the New Zealand market.

But that is changing gradually as an increasing number of fleets turn to the fuel efficiency of the 13-litre six-cylinder – with the trend likely to gather pace as the third generation of the DC13 famil...

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Aeolus Truck & Driver News

Hydrogen trial moves closer
The first of the Waitomo Group sites being upgraded to produce hydrogen for fuel cell electric truck trials is now expected to be up and running around March or April of next year....

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Ready to get cracking to fix transport problems

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Teletrac Navman Fleet Focus

Unique... but one of many

On the face of it, it’s just another truckload of building materials being delivered to just another new house….yep, in just another new Auckland residential subdivision.

But...


Southpac Legends

Paying it forward Pyramid Trucking - Paul Chappel

With over three decades of experience, Paul Chappel from Pyramid Trucking certainly knows a lot about the road transport industry. Not only does his company have a keen eye on soci...


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Sales race tightens up

It remains a tightly contested race at the top of the New Zealand new truck market with the NZTA registration figures for the first 10 months of 2023 now available.

October ...


Double Coin Imaging Awards

The old, the new, and the blue
For just over 70 years a blue and green colour scheme has been the eye-catching signature for the trucks in the Wairarapa-based fleet of Garrity Bros. Transport. It’s a long...

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