Is this a Hyundai truck testing in Scandinavia?

According to the German website, Verkehrsrundschau, Hyundai is testing their new truck near the arctic circle, meaning that the Korean company might bring their heavy trucks to the old continent. When questioned about that the company refused to comment.

What we do know is that a few years ago Hyundai sold the the HD in several European countries and promised to bring more models, and with the Euro6 standards soon to be forced on every manufacturer and the hard European market, Hyundai doesn't have an easy task at hands, so they better keep getting that truck until everything is flawless.

Source: verkehrsrundschau

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MAN doesn't want to stay behind the pack, will also build a hybrid truck.

Meet the Man Metropolis, a truck that works kinda like Top Gears Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust. It is driven only by electricity but has a range extender V6-TDI engine borrowed from Audi to help charge the batteries.

It is based on the MAN TGS 6×2-4 and it will be operated by SUEZ Environment from Antwerp. The electric engine is rated at 203kW in addition with a 105kWh battery, it helps keep it efficient and quiet, which were two main objectives for a vehicle of this type.

The range isn't important for a truck to operate in that region because, on average, an 8-hour day a garbage truck completes two runs of 30 kilometres (18,64miles), yet it depletes the batteries is just 15km (9,32miles) so the diesel engine turns on to help charge them, but the main problem is the constant stops and starts.

This is still a conceptual project, so don't expect to see many of these vehicles on the road. The testing will continue for th next two years and MAN wants to achieve a reduction of CO2 emissions by 60 percent as compared to conventional diesel counterpart.

Source: TransportEfficiency

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DAF XF press demos in Spain.

The new DAF XF was revealed a few weeks ago and now it is time to let the journalists test the vehicles in an event that takes place from November 18 to December 4 in Malaga.

Over 180 journalists from 32 countries have the chance to test the truck in the road and be better informed about the totally new chassis, the new drivelines with equally new Euro 6 PACCAR MX-engines, the new external design and the renewed interior.

Production will start in the spring of 2013.

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Ford Trucks. Yes, real trucks. The 1846T

Seems Ford wants to enter the truck market in Europe and to help achieve that they released the new 1846T the first product developed according to the company’s new “One Ford” strategy that entails an integrated design and production capability using Ford subsidiaries worldwide.

 

The new truck will be sold in about 80 countries in several regions like Russia, Eastern Europe, Turkic Republics, North Africa and the Middle East, and will be built by Otosan in Turkey in collaboration with Ford Turkey and Ford Brazil. For now Ford can't enter the European market because it doesn't have an engine that meets the Euro6 standards.

 

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New Renault Magnum/Premium out testing

The importance of trucks in today's society is undeniable and everyday there are more trucks cruising our roads therefore manufacturers are taking a careful approach to their new vehicles.

Even they can't escape the camouflage treatment has you can see in the picture above.

Source: Iepieleaks

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