Record fuel prices driven by the dumb oil war in Iran are fueling a faster-than-expected switch to electric trucks in the world’s biggest freight markets – and Swedish heavy truck brand Scania is scrambling to meet demand with a new factory…
Scania has unveiled the latest generation of its Scania Touring coach, which aims to build on previous concepts whilst bringing the existing vehicle’s exterior, passenger environment, driver area and powertrain features to a more modern standard. A key part of…
The long-awaited new generation Scania Touring features a contemporary exterior design with a clear Scania launches new generation Scania Touring The long-awaited new generation Scania Touring features a contemporary exterior design with a clear Scania identity, better aerodynamics, digital rear-view…
Scottish transport and logistics operator, John G Russell (Transport) in collaboration with Scania is putting hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEV) into daily operations on UK roads. This announcement comes as the Glasgow-based firm officially took ownership of three prototype FCEV…
Over the model’s long career, however, Scania’s bus strategy itself has also undergone a fundamental transformation. Similar to the direction chosen by Volvo Buses, the Swedish manufacturer has scaled back its own body manufacturing, placing increasing emphasis on chassis, powertrains…
Scania is the truck brand Europe's drivers talk about at the truck stop with a certain reverence. Based in Sodertalje, Sweden, and dating to the late nineteenth century, it has built a reputation for comfortable cabs, modular engineering and, above all, its big V8 diesels, which have given generations of long-haul drivers both effortless pulling power and bragging rights. Its griffin badge appears on trucks, buses, coaches and industrial engines around the world.
Scania's modular system, in which a relatively small set of components can be combined into an enormous variety of trucks, is studied as a model of manufacturing efficiency. The company became part of the Volkswagen Group and today sits within Traton, alongside MAN, International and Volkswagen Truck and Bus. Its trucks are especially strong in Europe, Latin America and Australia, and its custom-painted show trucks are a subculture of their own.
The current push is electrification. Scania sells battery-electric trucks for distribution and increasingly for long haul, with longer-range models launched in Europe, and it has begun producing trucks in China to serve that market and speed the shift. Its buses and coaches are changing too, with a new-generation Touring coach and plug-in hybrid city buses. Coverage here includes truck and coach launches, electric-truck news, fleet orders, factory plans, special editions and the business results of one of Europe's most respected heavy-vehicle makers.
The Swedish maker of V8 trucks, buses and coaches, part of VW's Traton group, now speeding into electric long-haul trucks with production in China.
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