Commercial

Mercedes-Benz Vans will be producing 1 500 all-electric vans for Hermes, Germany’s largest independent logistics firm. From next year, the company will begin using battery-electric vehicles in normal operations in a pilot phase in Stuttgart and Hamburg. The focus will...

A month after its sales announcement, the first production MAN TGE has rolled off the assembly line at the newly constructed MAN Truck & Bus plant in Wrzesnia, Poland. The silver van is a short wheelbase version with a high...

Vehicle tracking and fleet management specialist Ctrack by Inseego is pleased to announce that their new 360 degree Fleet Monitoring Service is gaining momentum and delivering significant savings to subscribers. The service is a full outsource of fleet control...

Specialist body builder Serco will supply 22 demountable load bodies to Bakers Transport to service the Clicks Distribution Centre in Johannesburg. Mohammed Cassim, fleet manager at Bakers Transport, said the units – which are expected to speed up turnaround time...

Imperial’s Hino truck dealership recently relocated to a new state-of-the-art facility in Pomona, after previous moves to Wadeville and Germiston. According to dealer principal Mike Darrol, the company sees its new location as ideally suited given the rapid development of...

German transport company Schober Transport GmbH recently took delivery of 21 Mercedes-Benz Actos trucks, each equipped with a service system that communicates vehicle status in real-time, allowing for predictive truck maintenance and analytics. The system – Mercedes-Benz Uptime – continuously...

Mercedes-Benz’ Vitoria, Spain plant recently celebrated a production milestone as the    100 000th V-Class rolled off the assembly line. The jubilee V-Class will be transformed into a compact Marco Polo Horizon recreational vehicle, and delivered to a customer in Spain....

Vehicle tracking and fleet management solutions specialist Ctrack by Inseego is once again throwing its weight behind Truck Test 2017. The gathering will see 12 heavy commercial trucks demonstrate their capabilities in a one-day test organised by Focus magazine...

When you’re travelling Southern Africa to drill for water in remote and arid regions, you need a truck on which you can rely. That’s the view of Richard Duckworth, owner of KwaZulu Natal-based Duckworth Drilling, who recently selected FAW’s...

UD Trucks Southern Africa was recently awarded the International Sales Award as the brand’s largest overseas market in 2016. “This award is a true testament to the calibre of staff and dealers we have in the region – and it...