Independent heavy commercial vehicle reference — specifications, segments and operating knowledge.https://truckbusworld.com/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/ford-trucks-f-max/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/ford-trucks-f-max/One 12.7-litre Ecotorq at a single rating, sixteen forward speeds and three variants of one 4x2 tractor — what Ford publishes about the F-MAX, and what it does not.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/irizar-i6s/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/irizar-i6s/Ten configurations from 10,780 to 14,980 mm on five engine steps, a weight Irizar publishes as a range rather than a plate, and the figures its own two documents contradict.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/iveco-crossway/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/iveco-crossway/Three lengths, five versions and four fuels on one intercity nameplate — what the Crossway data sheets publish, where two editions of them disagree, and what to check used.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/iveco-eurocargo/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/iveco-eurocargo/Seven diesel power steps across two Tector families, a gas engine with no published kilowatt figure, and plain automatics where the tractor pages of this site have automated manuals.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/iveco-s-way/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/iveco-s-way/Two diesel families, two natural-gas engines and no gross combination weight in any Iveco document we could open — what the S-Way is, and what to check on a used one.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/iveco-t-way/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/iveco-t-way/Two FPT diesels across four ratings, six axle configurations from 4x4 to 8x8, and the gross combination weight Iveco publishes nowhere in Europe.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/koegel-cargo/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/koegel-cargo/Ten named variants on one deck. What the Kögel Cargo's tare, bogie rating and fifth-wheel load each mean, what Kögel does not publish, and what to establish before buying used.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/krone-profi-liner/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/krone-profi-liner/Krone's curtainsider in the SDP 27 eLB50-CS specification — a 5,940 kg tare, four published weights that answer four different questions, and a rating that is not a road limit.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/man-lions-city/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/man-lions-city/Ten data sheets, seven body lengths and three drivelines on one city bus programme — the figures MAN publishes, the two its own documents contradict, and what it never states.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/man-lions-coach/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/man-lions-coach/Four bodies from 12,101 to 13,901 mm on one 12.4-litre engine, why the shortest coach turns tightest, and the Euro step MAN prints on no data sheet.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/man-tgl/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/man-tgl/Two D08 engines, 4x2 only, and three separate plates from 7.5 to 12 tonnes — what the TGL is, where MAN's own documents stop, and what to check on a used one.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/man-tgs/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/man-tgs/Every axle configuration MAN builds, three engine families and a top engine you cannot order on a tipper — what the TGS is, how MAN plates it, and what to check used.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/mercedes-benz-arocs/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/mercedes-benz-arocs/Four engine families across eighteen published power steps, twelve wheel configurations and a maker that publishes no combination weight — what the Arocs is and how to read it.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/mercedes-benz-atego/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/mercedes-benz-atego/Seven power ratings out of two engines, 4x2 and 4x4, and a gross weight that changes with the document you open — what the Atego is and what to check used.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/nooteboom-mcos/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/nooteboom-mcos/Six named MCOS types with a published fifth-wheel load, rear-axle rating, gross weight and deadweight against each — what the four weights mean, and what Nooteboom does not publish.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/otokar-kent/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/otokar-kent/One name across five propulsions and four bodies — what Otokar publishes for the 12-metre Kent, where its own documents disagree, and which rows stay blank.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/renault-trucks-t/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/renault-trucks-t/Three engine families, four cabs and a turbocompound option — what the Renault Trucks T is, which engine suits which job, and what its own documents will not confirm.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/schmitz-cargobull-s-ki/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/schmitz-cargobull-s-ki/Schmitz Cargobull's steel-bodied tipper in the S.KI 24 SL 7.2 SR specification — 36,000 kg permissible, a 24,000 kg bogie, 12,000 kg on the fifth wheel, and no publishable tare.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/schmitz-cargobull-s-ko-cool/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/schmitz-cargobull-s-ko-cool/A 39,000 kg permissible total, a 7,960 kg tare and a 27,000 kg bogie rating are three different figures. What Schmitz publishes for its reefer box semi-trailer, and what it does not.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/volvo-fl/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/volvo-fl/Two engine families from 5.1 to 7.7 litres, 4x2 and 4x4 drive, and a plate that changes with every variant — what the FL is and what to check used.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/adr-dangerous-goods-trailers/https://truckbusworld.com/en/adr-dangerous-goods-trailers/What makes a trailer an ADR trailer under ADR 2025 — the EX/II, EX/III, FL and AT designations, the approval certificate, the orange plate and the tunnel restriction code.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/aerodynamic-cabs-and-length-rules/https://truckbusworld.com/en/aerodynamic-cabs-and-length-rules/Directive 96/53/EC caps an articulated vehicle at 16.50 m. Articles 8b and 9a let an aerodynamic cab or a rear device exceed it, on the condition that the extra length buys no load.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/atp-refrigerated-transport/https://truckbusworld.com/en/atp-refrigerated-transport/Regulation (EC) No 37/2005 makes the food operator record air temperature and keep the record for at least a year. The ATP imposes almost the same duty, and adds the K test.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/axle-ratios-and-final-drive-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/axle-ratios-and-final-drive-explained/What the 2.31 or 5.41 on a rear axle line counts, the five axle types Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 defines, and why the portal axle exists — for ground clearance or a low city bus floor.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-doors-and-emergency-exits/https://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-doors-and-emergency-exits/How UN Regulation No. 107 fixes the number, position and size of a bus's service doors and emergency exits, and what opens a power-operated door when the supply fails.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-driving-licences-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-driving-licences-explained/What categories D1, D1E, D and DE cover, the minimum ages that apply to each today, and what Directive (EU) 2025/2205 changes with effect from 26 November 2029.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-fire-safety-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-fire-safety-explained/With an engine or combustion heater behind the driver, UN R107 makes fire suppression mandatory for Classes I, II and III, city buses included; UN R118's rules bind only M3 Classes II and III.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-passenger-rights-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-passenger-rights-explained/Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 attaches to the service, not to the vehicle: what the 250 km test decides, what survives below it, and which duties an occasional service never carries.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-rollover-strength-r66/https://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-rollover-strength-r66/UN Regulation No. 66 names only single-deck Class II, III and B vehicles above 16 passengers. Class I, Class A and double-deckers are left out by omission — but one bus can hold two classes.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-seat-belts-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-seat-belts-explained/UN Regulation No 16 requires safety belts only in Class III and Class B buses; Class I and A may be fitted, Class II where a Contracting Party demands it. Wearing them is a separate directive.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/cabotage-and-posted-drivers/https://truckbusworld.com/en/cabotage-and-posted-drivers/Regulation 1072/2009 decides how much domestic work a foreign-plated truck may take. Directive 2020/1057 decides when its driver must be paid host-state rates. They are not the same rule.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/driver-cpc-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/driver-cpc-explained/The initial qualification and periodic training a European truck or bus driver must hold under Directive (EU) 2022/2561, who is exempt, and what 2025/2205 changes.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/driving-time-and-rest-rules/https://truckbusworld.com/en/driving-time-and-rest-rules/Nine hours a day, 56 a week, 90 a fortnight and a break after four and a half: what Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 limits, and why working time runs out first.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/eu-road-tolls-and-co2-classes/https://truckbusworld.com/en/eu-road-tolls-and-co2-classes/Why two mechanically identical trucks pay different tolls: the five CO2 emission classes in the Eurovignette Directive, the discount bands attached to them, and what the German tariff actually shows.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/european-truck-driver-supply/https://truckbusworld.com/en/european-truck-driver-supply/IRU counts around 502,000 unfilled truck driver positions in Europe, 13 per cent of the workforce. What that figure measures, and which licence and qualification rules decide who may fill it.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/european-truck-registrations-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/european-truck-registrations-explained/ACEA reports the European truck, bus and van market in four categories it defines itself, with fixed weight thresholds. What each one counts, and what the 2025 figures said.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/genuine-oe-and-aftermarket-parts/https://truckbusworld.com/en/genuine-oe-and-aftermarket-parts/What EU law means by an original part, where the competition rules stand on a warranty refused over a non-dealer part, and which replacement brake parts need approval of their own.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/hgv-roadworthiness-and-roadside-checks/https://truckbusworld.com/en/hgv-roadworthiness-and-roadside-checks/How often a truck, bus or heavy trailer is tested under Directive 2014/45/EU, what happens when one is pulled in under 2014/47/EU, and how deficiencies reach an operator's risk rating.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/kingpin-and-fifth-wheel/https://truckbusworld.com/en/kingpin-and-fifth-wheel/Coupling class, the D value, the imposed load U and the coupling height are the four figures that decide whether a tractor will pull a given semi-trailer, and where each one is found.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/load-securing-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/load-securing-explained/Annex III of Directive 2014/47/EU sets the yardstick for a roadside cargo check at 0.8 of the cargo weight forward and 0.5 sideways and rearward. What the figures mean and who answers for them.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/mandatory-driver-assistance-systems/https://truckbusworld.com/en/mandatory-driver-assistance-systems/Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 phases seven advanced systems onto trucks and buses on four separate timetables. Which apply to M2, M3, N2 and N3, from when, and what a registration date proves.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/new-truck-brands-entering-europe/https://truckbusworld.com/en/new-truck-brands-entering-europe/One EU whole-vehicle type-approval is valid Union-wide; national small series is capped at 250 units of a type per country a year and stops at the border. Plus what the 2024 duty covers.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/repair-information-access-rights/https://truckbusworld.com/en/repair-information-access-rights/EU type-approval law gives independent operators a right to the manufacturer's OBD data, tools and repair information. What Articles 61 and 63 oblige, and what it may cost.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/retarders-and-engine-braking-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/retarders-and-engine-braking-explained/Exhaust brake, decompression brake and hydrodynamic retarder sit under one legal heading. What an endurance braking system is, which vehicles must prove one, and what the plate records.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/road-transport-operator-licence/https://truckbusworld.com/en/road-transport-operator-licence/Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 sets four cumulative conditions for a road transport operator — establishment, good repute, financial standing, competence — and prices each vehicle in capital.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/school-transport-vehicles/https://truckbusworld.com/en/school-transport-vehicles/UN Regulation No. 107 excludes vehicles specially designed for schoolchildren from its requirements, so Europe has no school bus type. What governs the school run instead.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/scr-and-adblue-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/scr-and-adblue-explained/Euro VI never tells a truck how much AdBlue to use. It tells the reagent system what to detect, and what to do to the vehicle once it has — ending at 20 km/h.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/semi-trailer-dimensions/https://truckbusworld.com/en/semi-trailer-dimensions/Krone and Schmitz Cargobull both publish a 13,620 mm curtainsider deck. The rule behind it is Annex I 1.6 of Council Directive 96/53/EC, and it is a kingpin measurement rather than a length limit.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/smart-tachograph-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/smart-tachograph-explained/What the second-generation smart tachograph writes down under Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, how it decides a border has been crossed, and which vehicles had to carry one by which date.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/trailer-braking-systems/https://truckbusworld.com/en/trailer-braking-systems/Continuous braking, anti-lock and a pressure test connection downstream of the control line coupling head: what UN Regulation No. 13 asks of a heavy trailer, and why a mismatched pair brakes badly.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/trailer-types-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/trailer-types-explained/Curtainsider, box, reefer, tipper, silo, skeletal and low loader — what each semi-trailer body is for, and what the choice costs in tare weight and payload.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/truck-depreciation-and-book-value/https://truckbusworld.com/en/truck-depreciation-and-book-value/A heavy truck is written off over five years in the German sectoral depreciation table, or over a million kilometres if you meter it — and a lease term is read as a percentage of the same table.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/truck-tyre-labelling-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/truck-tyre-labelling-explained/New C3 tyres placed on the EU market have had to be accompanied by a label since 1 May 2021. What the fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise classes mean, why the unit is N/kN, and what it leaves out.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/daf-xd/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/daf-xd/Two PACCAR engine families, five axle configurations and a plate that follows the build rather than the badge — what the XD is, and what to check on a used one.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/mercedes-benz-citaro/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/mercedes-benz-citaro/Four bodies on one floor plan — 12 m, short K, articulated G and low-entry LE. The lengths, engines, weights and turning circles Mercedes publishes, and what is missing.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/mercedes-benz-eactros-600/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/mercedes-benz-eactros-600/621 kWh installed against 600 kWh usable, a 500 km range figure with its test conditions attached, and what a battery-electric long-haul tractor is really plated for.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/mercedes-benz-tourismo/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/mercedes-benz-tourismo/Four lengths from 12,295 to 13,935 mm on a single 10.7-litre engine, what separates the M/2 from the M/3, and the figures the current data sheet does not print.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/solaris-urbino-12-electric/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/solaris-urbino-12-electric/Solaris publishes a full data sheet for its 12-metre electric city bus: a central motor, a portal drive axle and roof batteries — and several sheets that disagree.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/volvo-fh-electric/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/volvo-fh-electric/Five power steps to 540 kW, 360–540 kWh installed against up to 460 kWh usable, up to 470 km of range and a 20–80 per cent CCS charge in 65 minutes — what Volvo actually publishes.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/volvo-fmx/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/volvo-fmx/Two diesel families across eight power steps, ten axle configurations and rear axles approved to 150 tonnes — what the FMX is and how to specify one.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-accessibility-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-accessibility-explained/How UN Regulation 107 Annex 8 sets low-floor, ramp, lift and wheelchair-space requirements for Class I buses, and why Class III coaches fall outside the mandate.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-classes-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-classes-explained/How UN Regulation No. 107 divides M2 and M3 buses into Classes I, II, III, A and B, and what each class fixes about doors, gangways, standing capacity and mass.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-fleet-operating-costs/https://truckbusworld.com/en/bus-fleet-operating-costs/EU bus and coach operator duties traced to their instruments: who is bound, from when, what is required, and where each obligation stops.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/buying-a-used-coach/https://truckbusworld.com/en/buying-a-used-coach/How to verify a second-hand coach against its registration certificate, roadworthiness record, tachograph data and emission class, with every rule read at its own scope.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/city-bus-propulsion/https://truckbusworld.com/en/city-bus-propulsion/How diesel, hybrid, battery-electric, trolleybus and hydrogen city buses differ by line profile and depot requirement, and exactly who the EU zero-emission urban bus obligation binds.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/coach-specifications-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/coach-specifications-explained/What an Otokar TERRITO school or Ulyso data sheet does and does not tell you, read against Directive 96/53/EC, UN R107 and Regulation (EU) 2021/535 — and where each limit actually applies.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/automated-manual-transmissions/https://truckbusworld.com/en/automated-manual-transmissions/Why almost every European heavy tractor now shifts itself, how an automated manual differs from a torque-converter automatic, and what to look for when you specify one.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/axle-configurations-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/axle-configurations-explained/What 4x2, 6x2/4 and 8x4/4 actually mean, the EU axle and weight limits sitting behind them, and which configuration belongs on which job.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/buying-a-used-truck/https://truckbusworld.com/en/buying-a-used-truck/The regulatory checks that set a used tractor's running cost — CO2 toll class, Euro VI step, tachograph deadline, roadworthiness file — and why they come before the mechanical inspection.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/euro-6-and-euro-7-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/euro-6-and-euro-7-explained/How the Euro VI steps A to E differ, when Euro 7 applies to trucks and buses, and what the new durability and on-board monitoring rules change for a fleet.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/lng-and-bio-lng-trucks/https://truckbusworld.com/en/lng-and-bio-lng-trucks/The two gas engine architectures and how they differ, what AFIR really requires for LNG, why the German toll change reset the business case, and the operations it still suits.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/megawatt-charging-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/megawatt-charging-explained/What MCS actually is, why 350 kW was never enough for a long-haul battery, which trucks genuinely need it, and why AFIR does not require it.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/reading-truck-power-figures/https://truckbusworld.com/en/reading-truck-power-figures/Why a truck is sold in horsepower but approved in kilowatts, what a torque figure at 900 rpm is telling you, and the 5 kW per tonne the law requires.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/tractor-unit-running-costs/https://truckbusworld.com/en/tractor-unit-running-costs/Fuel, driver, tolls, tyres and residual value: where the money actually goes on a European long-haul tractor, and which lines the specification sheet controls.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/truck-cabs-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/truck-cabs-explained/What GigaSpace, Globetrotter XL and XG+ actually describe: day cab versus sleeper, interior standing height, flat floors, low-entry cabs, and the EU rules behind all of them.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/truck-weights-gvw-gcw/https://truckbusworld.com/en/truck-weights-gvw-gcw/Gross vehicle weight, gross combination weight and axle loads are three separate limits under three separate rules. What each one means, and which one usually bites first.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/turbocompound-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/turbocompound-explained/What a second exhaust turbine actually does, the fuel figures manufacturers publish and what they are measured against, and the duty cycle that decides whether it pays back.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/who-builds-trucks-in-europe/https://truckbusworld.com/en/who-builds-trucks-in-europe/Six industrial groups build almost every heavy truck sold in the EU: which brands belong to whom, where the factories are, and why the split matters when you buy parts.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/daf-xg-plus/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/daf-xg-plus/The tallest cab in the New Generation DAF range, two PACCAR engines and a 12-speed TraXon — what the XG+ offers and how it differs from the XG and XF.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/man-tgx/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/man-tgx/Four engine families from 9 to 15.2 litres, five axle configurations and a 14-speed gearbox — what the TGX is, which engine suits which job, and what to check used.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/mercedes-benz-actros-l/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/mercedes-benz-actros-l/What the Actros L is, the three engine families it is sold with, which axle configuration suits which job, and what to check on a used one.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/scania-s-series/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/scania-s-series/Four engine families including the 16-litre V8, seven axle configurations and combination weights set by the rear axle — how to read a Scania S specification.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/models/volvo-fh/https://truckbusworld.com/en/models/volvo-fh/Three powertrains including turbocompound and LNG, I-Shift transmission and combination weights to 100 tonnes — what the FH is and how to specify it.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truckbusworld.com/en/eactros-600-explained/https://truckbusworld.com/en/eactros-600-explained/Why 621 kWh installed releases 600 kWh usable, what the 500 km range figure was measured against, what an hour on a CCS2 charger does to a shift, and what three packs cost in payload.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT