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Motion sickness – gone!
Lots of people really battle with motion sickness while in a vehicle. In fact, more than 30-million people in Europe suffer from this ailment!...
Want to preserve your classic vehicle?
Vehicle collectors the world over can rejoice! Classic Guard, a new ceramic coating, has been launched – and it is set to do wonders...
Honda shows its Autonomous Work Vehicle at CES 2019
I was at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last month. What a cool event! There was a lot of amazing stuff...
Scania supplies trucks for e-highways
Scania is supplying 15 trucks for trials on German e-highways this year. Trials will initially commence in Hessen along the A5 Autobahn, where the...
Schmitz Cargobull debuts swap box with electric refrigeration unit
We’re all talking about e-mobility. I’m 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 Hahn’s 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 — again
I’ve 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 – quite literally – when working on German highways. As we all know, many...
Coolest bakkie ever?
My dear friend, Jarlath Sweeney, editor-in-chief of Ireland’s Fleet Transport magazine, brought this incredible vehicle to our attention. Sadly, it’s just a concept – but...
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