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When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees.
Three years ago, Piet van Wyk de Vries set out to achieve a mammoth task: the rebranding and revitalisation of Toyota Trucks into a dedicated truck business that would operate autonomously of Toyota SA.
For a look at what the South African truck market can expect in the near future, FRANK BEETON discusses what went down at the Brisbane Truck show.
With emphasis on “going green” growing across the globe, the bus industry has a few tricks up its sleeve. MAN Nutzfahrzeuge (the commercial vehicle division of MAN SE – see this month’s Global FOCUS) used the International Association of Public Transport congress in Vienna early in June to show off the latest additions to its city bus line-up.
Oil may just be oil to most, but there’s a lot more to it than that, writes JAKE VENTER Oil does a lot more than just make contacting surfaces slippery. It also prevents direct contact between surfaces, most of the time, by interposing a tough layer of molecules in-between. This reduces wear by reducing friction. In addition, a flow of oil cools engine parts by carrying the heat away. In many cases, the lubricant will also inhibit corrosion and reduce […]