Since its introduction in 1969, the Scania V8 has developed a strong reputation for performance and reliability.

Scania has added a more powerful 540 hp version of its 13-litre diesel engine option to its range.

Scania’s new battery electric self-driving urban concept vehicle, revealed at the UITP Congress last month is designed with the flexibility to shift from ferrying commuters to and from work in mornings and evenings to delivering goods during the day and collecting refuse at night.

Scania AB e announced record truck sales in 2018 of 87,995 units (2017: 82,472) and that bus and coach (chassis and FBU) sales too increased to a record number of 8,482 units in 2018 (2017: 8,305).

A pilot study to test silent overnight deliveries has been launched at six McDonald’s restaurants in Stockholm.

Scania AB inaugurated a new THB800m (USD26m) assembly plant in Thailand in February, as it looks to expand its presence in the region’s truck and bus market.

Sweden's Scania has supplied a 16-litre engine to support a new Australian trial of renewable diesel fuel. The fuel will be made from waste plastic, old vehicle tyres, agricultural and forestry waste, as well as bio-solids. The trial is aimed at achieving commercial scale production.

Scania AB is developing a fuel cell refuse truck together with Renova AB, a waste management services company owned by a consortium of municipalities in western Sweden.

In Lithuania, Scania AB has partnered with logistics company, UAB Vlantana, and gas infrastructure developer, SG dujos, to trial gas-fuelled truck in the country for the first time.

Scania AB is testing a new generation of autonomous transport system at Rio Tinto’s Dampier Salt operations in Western Australia.