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Volvo Group plans to boost North American truck production with a new heavy-duty truck manufacturing plant to be built in Mexico.

The new plant will provide additional capacity to support the growth plans of both Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks in the U.S. and Canadian markets, and support Mack truck sales in Mexico and Latin America. The plant is expected to be operational in 2026.

The Mack Lehigh Valley Operations (LVO) plant in Pennsylvania and the Volvo New River Valley (NRV) plant in Virginia will continue to be the company’s main North American heavy truck production sites. The Group has invested more than US$73 million over the last five years in LVO e...

Three local debuts for new battery electric trucks and the first public appearance of the most anticipated Western Star model for many years were among highlights of the TMS Teletrac Navman Technology | Maintenance | Safety Conference & Exhibition which opened in Christchurch on March 13.

The two day conference organised with the NZ Trucking Association and National Road Carriers was officially opened by the Hon. Matt Doocey, whose portfolios include Minister for ACC and Associate Minister of Transport.

Among the new trucks on display at the Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre was an 8x4 variant of the new Western Star 48X, part of the brand’s new generat...

The March 1 launch of New Zealand’s Tyrewise scheme for managing the stewardship of `end of life’ tyres is revealing some early fee anomalies which are being worked through by the scheme delivery managers.

The Tyrewise fees scale for loose regulated tyres is based on 53 NZ Customs tariff code items, ranging from small motorcycle and ATV tyres through to large earthmoving and aircraft tyres.

The early days of the scheme have highlighted that some tyres have historically been imported under multiple Tariff codes for some time.

“It has highlighted there has been a lot of unintentional misdeclaration of Tariff codes by tyre importers, but that hasn’t im...

The Volkswagen-owned Traton Group has announced it is advancing plans for Level 4 autonomous trucking across its Scania, MAN Truck & Bus and Navistar brands.

Traton is launching an Autonomous Commercial Pilot Programme based on an autonomous solution powered by the leading technology stack from U.S. tech pioneers Plus. 

The pilot programmes will expand the strategic development of autonomous hub-to-hub transport solutions and scalable operational concepts using the Level 4, fully autonomous Plus SuperDrive technology stack.

This new solution stands out due to its adaptability to customers’ specific routes and transport profiles. 

“W...

Bragging rights in the horsepower stakes will soon switch back to Volvo Trucks with the introduction of a new engine for its iconic FH16 model. 

The new 17-litre engine develops up to 780hp with up to 3800Nm of torque – besting arch-rival Scania’s 770hp V8 flagship models.

The 780hp engine is being joined by 600hp/3000Nm and 700hp/3400Nm variants with the higher power and torque levels translating to faster engine response, better driveability, maximum productivity and improved fuel efficiency.

“I’m proud to present our new engine. It really is a masterpiece and the result of world-class engineering,” says Marcos Weingaertner, Product Manager a...