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Scania first presented its next level of battery-electric zero-emission regional trucks in June 2022 and has built up a solid order book. Production will now commence in Södertälje, Sweden, for trucks with R and S cabs with 400 or 450 kW of engine power, sufficient for a broad variety of truck applications. With updated urban…

According to a comparison test: Scania R420 Super A Scania 420 R tractor with the Super-based powertrain introduced in 2021 won the fuel part of a German comparison test for long-haul trucks, the European Truck Challenge. The Scania Super was 4.9% more fuel-efficient than the first runner-up. However, when the Adblue consumption costs are factored…

There’s a Euro 6 Volvo FMX tipper on the front cover of this week’s Truckpages Magazine that’s heading for the Collard Group Fleet Renewal Auction sale organised by Malcolm Harrison on 26th September at Hook in Hampshire. The truck is fitted with Easy Sheet system and camera, whilst the body is fitted with twin underfloor…

There’s a huge choice of trucks of all types at the Malcolm Harrison sale on the 16th September including the smart, modern-looking Scania S-Series trucks. For example, there is a 2018 500S tag axle tractor unit with a great specification – side cameras, sat nav, alloys with 846,876kms on the tacho. It’s by no means…

Scania’s new battery assembly facility at the company’s Swedish headquarters in Södertälje is starting production this week.  The start of operations at the new plant enables Scania to start serial production of heavy-duty electric trucks. “I am extremely proud of all colleagues who have put their hearts and minds into this. At Scania, we have…

Scania UK has announced the appointment of its new UK Sales Director, Mark Bridgland. He began his tenure on 4 September and is responsible for guiding and leading Scania UK’s truck, power solutions, bus and coach sales teams through the biggest transition the heavy transport industry has ever seen. Chris Newitt, Managing Director for Scania…

This looks like a great idea. The surface area of a semi trailer is similar to that of a reasonable sized house. Cover this in lightweight solar panels and you have a power source for the truck. If the power generated were sufficient, a truck driving around in a sunny country would never need to…

Half Year Results – Trucks are on a Roll View Full 2023 Year Truck Sales Figures Here More good news for UK Plc as far as new truck registrations are concerned – these registration figures have been historically good indicators of business confidence in the economic environment. Nobody orders new trucks if they are expecting…

Scania’s in-house assistance service started back in August 1998 with just one support centre based in Södertälje, Sweden, dealing with 5,000 cases per year. Now the operations have expanded to 15 locations globally, supporting all Scania customers in 52 countries, with the team handling more than 250,000 cases per year. Tobias Andersson, Managing Director for…

This week sees a truck heading through Malcom Harrison’s sale on 2nd September. An impressive looking 2007 Scania R620 Topline V8 with a ‘V8’ number plate. Fully loaded, the 6×2 rear lift truck has all the lights, bars, bells and whistles. If it is a Scania V8 for sale you are looking for there is…

In Scania’s latest interim report, all news was good for the business in the second quarter of this year; sales were up 36%, margin was up to 13.6%, deliveries were up 18%, order intake was up by 9% and the service business was up 13%. At face value, the fact that zero emission truck sales…

The chances are that Scania’s UK Sales Director is quietly pleased. To oversee one of the largest orders ever for the company, not just for the UK but one of the largest across Europe. That’s no fewer than 2,500 trucks. The icing on the cake is that the order was not just for diesel trucks,…

The Scania P410 is the most popular tipper in the UK at 32 tonnes and there is a great example on this week’s front cover. It’s a 2018 Euro 6 8×4 version heading to the Euro Auctions sale on August 2nd in Leeds. It is joined by a selection of other Scania tippers from the…

44 Tonne Long Haul Tractor Units With tractor units, there is no ‘one size fits all’ so we would need to look at the categories of operations that a tractor unit might be used for. We should also consider the best ‘new’ tractor unit and the best ‘used’. For example, there are hardly any DAF…

Whilst a 2% saving sounds like good news, to benefit from Scania’s new CCAP system (Cruise Control with Active Prediction), the truck has to be used on hilly terrain and, of course, your drivers have to engage the system as often as possible. With a choice of ‘Eco levels’ available to them, an obvious choice…

As of today, the answer to the question is – practically nowhere in the UK.  However, since you can’t buy a ‘proper’ 44 tone 6×2 artic any time soon – even for the half a million pound price tag that would come with it – perhaps that’s not a huge issue today because it is…

Scania has successfully installed and tested a pilot megawatt charging system from ABB E-mobility, representing the next milestone in the development of an efficient, high-power charging solution for heavy-duty vehicles. The technology will enable half the charging time for heavy-duty vehicles. Developing a solution to fast charge these commercial electric vehicles, which will also deliver…

This is an easy question to answer, as Scania run year long competitions to find an overall ‘best dealer team’ plus a specific ‘Best Service Team’. Now the company has announced the winners of its 2022 awards. These award schemes are a fantastic idea to keep the whole network on their toes, striving for the…

Heavy haulage trucks and fuel savings are not usually found in the same sentence. However, Scania have put together a transmission that could improve fuel consumption with a transmission robust enough for the job and able to pull away with the largest of loads. Heavy G-Range Transmissions Scania’s G25CM and G33CM range is now joined…

If you were worried about investing in an electric truck only to be replacing the batteries in a couple of years, then news from Sweden will lend you some comfort for the future. Scania has unveiled a battery cell for heavy electric vehicles jointly developed with partner Northvolt. In validation tests, the lithium-ion cell has…