Category:Global Focus News
Schmitz Cargobull debuts swap box with electric refrigeration unit
Weβre all talking about e-mobility. Iβm certainly writing about it all the time in this column. And e-trucks are almost becoming a dime a...
Iveco triumphs at the Truck Racing Championship!
Iveco has been crowned the overall winner of the FIA European Truck Racing Championship 2018. Team Hahnβs Jochen Hahn, driving his Iveco Stralis, was...
Eicher marches on
Having entered the South African market during 2016 and launched its first vehicle 14 months ago, Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles (VECV) has seen higher...
Renault tosses its hat into the electric ring β again
Iβve been writing about electric trucks a lot this year. In fact, I hardly ever pen a Global Focus column that does not contain...
Hail the F-Max, the Hagia Sophia of trucks!
By now you will have heard the news: the F-Max from Ford Trucks is the 2019 International Truck of the Year (IToY)! This announcement...
MAN at IAA: feast of trucking technology!
MAN has a treat of trucking innovations in store for visitors to the IAA this month. These are in addition to the bus, coach...
Driverless trucks ready to hit the highway!
Highway maintenance personnel take their lives into their own hands β quite literally β when working on German highways. As we all know, many...
Coolest bakkie ever?
My dear friend, Jarlath Sweeney, editor-in-chief of Irelandβs Fleet TransportΒ magazine, brought this incredible vehicle to our attention. Sadly, itβs just a concept β but...
Snap on target
Regular readers of this column will recall that I visited ZF, in Friedrichshafen, Germany, last month in order to attend the companyβs Technology Day....
ZF shows the future!
I have seen the future of transport β and itβs looking fabulous! I was given a taste of transport things to come recently in...