Aeolus Truck & Driver News

Supply chain delays have slowed the project, but New Zealand’s largest hydrogen fuel cell electric truck initiative now looks set to hit the road from the third quarter of this year.

Hydrogen transport initiatives have made more local headlines recently with the launch of a new zero-emission aviation consortium between six partners - international aerospace leader Airbus, global green energy company Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), Air New Zealand, next generation energy company Hiringa Energy, liquid hydrogen solution pioneers Fabrum, and Christchurch Airport.

The consortium is developing a 400-hectare renewable energy precinct called Kōwhai Park near Chri...

Electrifying long-haul trucking across the United States would require more than 10% of the electricity generated in the country today and require massive infrastructure investment.

Research by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has assessed the infrastructure requirements for converting the U.S. fleet to battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee, focused on U.S. electricity supply and demand, electric vehicle production and charging requirements. The study found that full electrification of the vehicle fleet would require a large percentage of present U.S. electricity generation.

Electrification of domestic...

Daimler Truck Group is reporting global sales growth across all segments despite bottlenecks in the supply of components during 2022.

Group sales of trucks and buses in 2022 increased significantly by 14.2% to 520,291 vehicles, up from 455,445 units in 2021.

Daimler Truck divides its operation into four segments – Trucks North America, Mercedes-Benz, Trucks Asia and Daimler Buses.

The Trucks North America segment increased its unit sales by 15.2% to 186,779 units, driven by a high product demand. The segment Mercedes-Benz also recorded a strong growth in unit sales to 166,369 units (+17.7%).

Trucks Asia increased its unit sales by 8.8% compared to...

One of last local transport industry announcements of 2022 was the launch of an electric truck trial by NZ dairy giants Fonterra and Volvo NZ (and its parent company Sime Darby Motors NZ). 

A new Volvo FL Electric is working for Fonterra in the Auckland metro region, carting pallet loads of general dry goods and non-refrigerated products. It’s part of an on-going ‘data gathering’ trial and is an addition to the fleet rather than a replacement. 

Paul Illmer, Vice President Emerging Technology Business Development at Volvo Group Australia says Volvo has a battery electric or fuel cell electric alternative for every Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) mod...

With an unplanned extra year to prepare, no thanks to Covid-19, the Transfleet Trailers/Allied Petroleum Bombay Truck Show is ready to return even bigger and brighter as the first big road transport event of the new year. 

With over 400 trucks entered for display, 60 trade stands and a new Careers Zone added to the event, the second running of the show is at the Bombay Rugby Club grounds on Saturday January 21.

The show provides an early chance for the industry to showcase new models and the latest builds for 2023.

Show coordinator Marieka Morcombe says the anticipation is building not only in the industry, but also in the local community.

“T...