New on-road tests to see how Volvo FL Electric stacks up in the heat
The Volvo FL Electric has undergone new on-road testing to see how fast charging and extreme heat can affect its range, battery charging and vehicle performance.
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Hino 700-series FS 2848: A good all-rounder for tech-savvy owners
Safer-cleaner-connected is the marketing catchphrase for Hino’s all new 700-series.
Big Rigs set about testing these claims by taking a 700-series FS 2848 truck and dog trailer combination loaded with sandstone for a spin from Hino’s Sydney headquarters down to the Illawarra region south of Sydney via the arduous Mt. Ousley.
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Big Rigs jumps behind the wheel of the new V8 Scania R770
Seven hundred and seventy. It’s a big number when we’re talking horsepower out of a truck diesel engine. In fact, it’s the biggest number in the road-trucking world at the moment and it belongs to Scania.
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Safer, greener and packed with Euro style
Big Rigs was thrown the keys to a Hino 700-series FR 2632 for a 220km test drive on the south side of Sydney.
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Taking charge of metro deliveries
Fuso Trucks has amped up the race to full electric mobility with the recent release of the 100 per cent electric drive eCanter 1.1, lauded as Australia’s first commercially available, production electric truck.
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Power, safety and comfort in new 700hp workhorse
North of the Overlander and then anywhere beyond Carnarvon, it’s easy to gaze through a wide windscreen and deep side windows and think you’re the last person rolling across the planet.
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Test driving the new Scania P280 7-Litre
In what may send ripples of concern through the sales departments of Japanese truck manufacturers, Scania’s offering the smaller displacement DC07 engine option to complement the existing DC09, five-cylinder, throughout the P-series range.
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As good as trucking can get
Cruising along the Eyre Highway, eying off the vastness of the Nullarbor on a Big Rigs road test is not everyone’s cup of tea. But if you’re on board the latest Mack Anthem, with its siblings in convoy, it’s as good as trucking can get.
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Scania torques up new six-cylinder Euro 6 engine
Scania recently released the uprated output version of the brand’s proven 13-litre, DC 13 166 in-line six-cylinder engine.
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Road testing the new Iveco Astra on a 1632km delivery
A year after the torture and deprivation of Benito Mussolini’s facsist regime came to a blood-curdling end, Sardinia-based Mario Bertuzzi successfully tendered for 1,000 surplus military vehicles, planning to refurbish them and ship them to the mainland for a new life.
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