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While already sold in Malaysia since mid 2023, Scania has officially launched the new Super truck (Super) based on the New Truck Generation platform and New Bus Generation (NBG). These new truck and bus feature powertrain and drive trains that deliver up to 8-9% more fuel economy on average together with a new and wide range of digital solutions like Driver App for drivers. These vehicles are also FAME-prepared up to B100 biofuel as standard to help reduce CO2 emissions of up to 80% while supporting the national economy and customers’ ESG goals. Scania Malaysia held a customer launch and test drive’ event at Bandar Malaysia last week which seem to popular with customers. We happened to attend the event and Scania Malaysia had signed various purchase agreements with customers, new and old, for vehicles too.
Here are some of the videos over on our YouTube channel that somehow I forgot to link up here. First, we have the MAN TGE van that has been converted into a caravan. This was at the recent Malaysia Commercial Vehicle Expo 2024.
This second one is on the China made Foton Aumark S light truck. Also at the recent MCVE 2024 Been doing so many other things aside from writing and publishing on this blog. But anyway, here are two videos that I haven't linked in here. But actually, do follow my stuff over on YouTube, in case I happen to forget linking it here immediately.
Sunmaju Sdn Bhd (Sunmaju), has purchased 2 units of the UD Quester in its latest Euro 5 variant. A commercial fuels reseller, Sunmaju is moving towards better environmental sustainability by being the first company in the petroleum industry here to operate UD Trucks’ latest Euro 5 prime movers. This happened in a recent handover ceremony in which the two heavy-duty Euro 5 UD Quester were handed over. Sunmaju had purchased through Tan Chong Industrial Equipment Sdn Bhd’s (TCIE) Batu Caves dealership.
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Angka-Tan Motor, distributors of Foton light trucks and JMC in Malaysia launched the Foton Aumark S Euro 4 and JMC Vigus Pro White Series 4x2 (Euro 4) at the Malaysia Commercial Vehicle Expo 2024 (MCVE) in keeping with MCVE 2024's theme for a greener and more sustainable Malaysian commercial vehicle landscape
UD Trucks and its sole distributor partner in Malaysia, Tan Chong Industrial Equipment Sdn Bhd (TCIE) unveiled the new Euro 5 range of their Quester (heavy-duty) and Croner (medium-duty) trucks. While the key feature is the new Euro5 engines in these trucks, the 2023 upgrade for the Malaysian models also includes features that will improve uptime, efficiency, and optimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for truck owners, all while lowering the vehicle’s environmental impact.
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Today, the 11th of July 2023, marked a historic day in terms of Malaysian automotive history. Volvo Trucks Malaysia (Volvo Trucks) officially launched their fully electric FM Series heavy duty prime movers in Malaysia. These are the first electric heavy duty prime mover series of trucks to be launched in Southeast Asia and also the first to be adopted by an operator in the region where integrated logistics provider, Swift Haulage Berhad had purchased two units of the model. The announcement at the media preview this afternoon was made at the Volvo Trucks headquarters in Shah Alam shows off the Volvo Trucks' role in accelerating the industry’s transition to electromobility, in line with the nation’s net zero carbon ambitions.
Hello folks. As per the last article in the blog, Scania have started selling their Battery Electric Trucks here in the region. This is the video (below) of the preview held last week at Scania's Malaysian headquarters. I managed to attend it and take a look at what their future plans are and also see what their Electric truck is all about.
Scania has started sales of battery electric truck in this region. The Battery electric trucks have been introduced for customers’ regional operations to meet their Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) goals. Last Thursday, I attended the first preview for Malaysian customers at Scania Malaysia Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam where we got to see a battery electric Scania truck which will be used in Singapore for garbage collection (which actually suit electric trucks are they offer practical use for stop-start collection for last mile delivery or collection as well as being quieter than any internal combustion engined truck)..[UPDATE - Video of the preview is HERE]
You'd think the some relationships are a mere ten or so years old. But when you delve deeper, it could be over half a century old. Even here in Malaysia. This is the relationship between Kontena Nasional (KN) and Scania, where these two have had a strong partnership for over 50 years, with over 400 units delivered. The latest chapter is the newest handover of 16 Scania G410A6x2NZ trucks to KN as part of their fleet enhancement comprising of a total of 46 Prime Movers this year. According to KN, these new trucks should improve reliability, fuel efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions, and increase payload frequency for the company.
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Yesterday, the 22 March 2023, Volvo Trucks Malaysia (Volvo Trucks) held a small media event where the Managing Director, Anthony O'Connell spoke on the company's 2022 performance and what Volvo Trucks have planned in the near future. For 2022, Volvo Trucks had registered an 8.5% growth in volume of units delivered to customers. This was spurred by pent-up demand following the post-pandemic period and the Malaysian success echoes the truck manufacturer’s global performance which delivered an all-time high number of its trucks to customers while simultaneously increasing market share in 41 countries.
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MAN Truck & Bus (M) Sdn Bhd (MAN Malaysia), who was the first vehicle manufacturer in Malaysia to offer Euro V engines as standard across its entire Truck range, has launched the taller and more spacious TM Cab for their TGS new truck generation range as an option. Previously, the standard height TN Cab has always been preferred by the Malaysian market due to its flexibility but MAN Malaysia feels that it is timely to introduce a truck cabin that allows people to stand upright in the cabin, thereby allowing more space for the truck driver for his comfort and convenience.
This time, the Ford Ranger Raptor is petrol powered. Ford authorised distributors, Sime Darby Auto Connexion, has launched the next-generation 2022 Ford Ranger Raptor. This high performance variant of the ever popular Ranger pickup truck is now in its latest form and features a high-performance 3.0-litre twin-turbo EcoBoost V6 petrol engine that makes up to 397 PS and 583Nm torque, enabling the next-gen Ranger Raptor to have even more performance on and off-road.
MAN Truck & Bus (M) Sdn Bhd (MAN Malaysia), to be the first vehicle manufacturer in Malaysia to offer Euro V engines as standard across its entire Truck range, will now aim to become the first company to offer Euro V for its bus range too. This piece of environmentally friendly news was first announced at MAN BAGUS, an annual gathering for key players from the bus industry at its Serendah CKD assembly plant. There, MAN Malaysia Managing Director Andrew O’Brooks announced that the company plans to introduce a low-emission Euro V engine as an option in 2023 to help bus operators reduce their carbon footprint.
On 1st July 2022, Tan Chong Industrial Equipment Sdn Bhd (TCIE), the sole distributor of UD Trucks delivered a UD Quester CGE390 8x4 rigid truck platform equipped with a vacuum loader worth 2.4 million ringgit to the Duromac Group today. The UD Quester is UD Trucks' heavy-duty truck that has been designed with fuel efficiency and durability as well as being a platform designed to fit into different customers’ expectations. Like this unique vac-blower truck you see here right now. The handover ceremony was held at Duromac headquarters located in Puchong and witnessed by senior management of Duromac, UD Trucks and TCIE.
On the 10th of March 2022, Scania unveiled sustainable partnerships with operators of the first New Truck Generation (NTG) equipped with Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) which have been one of the first Euro V trucks sold in Malaysia together with other sustainable transport solutions. This happened at the (currently) ongoing Malaysia Commercial Vehicle Expo (MCVE) 2022 at MINES, in Sri Kembangan. Scania also showcased more sustainable partners who are joining the journey to achieve Scania’s Science-Based Target of being a sustainable transport provider. The list goes on with B100 FAME-prepared buses/coaches; and the test & drive competition called ‘A Good Driver’ MCVE Edition that is open to the public. MCVE’s Guest-of-honour Yang Berhormat Dato’ Henry Sum Agong, Deputy Minister of Transport witnessed these proceedings.
MAN Truck & Bus (M) Sdn Bhd (MAN Malaysia) had launched the flagship MAN TGX heavy duty prime mover at the Malaysia Commercial Vehicle Expo (MCVE) 2022. The truck, at the moment brought into the country in fully imported form will eventually be locally assembled, comes in the Euro V (5) emissions standards. It will offer those operators and customers that want a high performance MAN truck with the option of saving the whales at the same time.
