NSW RFS takes the Volvo FM Electric for a 550-kilometre spin
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) has taken the Volvo FM Electric, with water tanker in tow, on a 550-kilometre test run.
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New king of power and torque
As we reported recently, Volvo has announced its new D17 engine with 780hp and 3800Nm of torque. It is now the most powerful production engine available in the country.
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Silence is golden in new eActros prime mover
In my 14 years writing for Big Rigs I’ve been fortunate to have driven just about every new truck to come onto the Australian market.
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Driving ‘old school’ in the Western Star X-Series
The big news for Western Star is that 1: The X-Series was recently voted Australasian Truck of the Year by industry experts and, 2: Supply lines are now strong, both good reasons to reacquaint myself with the product.
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Man oh MAN! Test driving the new TG3 Series
When I first moved to Sydney from Melbourne back in 1972, I lived north-side but worked in the city.
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Saluting the new Mack Anthem
God Save the King? Definitely not. Advance Australia Fair? Star Spangled Banner? The latter is probably most apt as the Anthem in question is by Mack – that well known American brand.
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UD Quon pulling power put to the test in trying conditions
When I mentioned on social media that I’d been behind the wheel of a UD Quon, the responses were overwhelmingly in the positive.
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Electric? Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it
Back in 2019 I test drove the then brand new Fuso eCanter. So new in fact that the info screen was in Japanese. This was the first full electric truck I’d driven and to say I was blown away was an understatement.
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Talking about a revolution: Test driving new game-changer from Mercedes-Benz
Over 100 years ago Karl Benz revolutionised the world when he invented the automobile. And the world laughed. But not for long. As soon as it was permissible to drive a vehicle without someone walking along in front of it with a red flag, transport was transformed. ‘Horsepower’ came to mean something else entirely.
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Diving in at the deep end
Full disclosure: In the 18 years I have been playing with and writing about trucks, I have never driven a Volvo.
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