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Foton brings out new Hurricane EST-M line

FOTON Philippines announced it launched a line of commercial vehicles built for heavier hauls. Introduced were the Foton Hurricane EST-M 4×2 variants. The company noted its trucks are robust because these have double-layer chasses, responsive transmissions with…

Fuso launches a modern PUV with a Centro body

TRUCK body maker Centro Manufacturing Corp. bared it built the body of the Fuso Canter modern PUV recently launched by Sojitz Fuso Philippines. Sojitz Fuso Philippines is now the country’s distributor of Fuso trucks and buses. The…

New Karga to carry Kia in commercial vehicle segment

KIA Motors’ rebirth in the Philippines under the Ayala Automotive Group has seen the Korean brand launch new (or upgraded) cars and SUVs this year. Now, Kia adds a commercial vehicle to its local lineup. Recently introduced…

Chefs and truck drivers beware: AI is coming for your jobs

Robots aren’t replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of existing work, according to a new Brookings Institution report. The report, published Thursday, says roughly 36…

Trucks banned from EDSA, NLEX, SCTex during ASEAN summit

Authorities have declared a “no sail zone” in Manila Bay starting on Sunday and banned all trucks from Edsa and two expressways north of Manila from Nov. 12 as security preparations for next week’s Association of Southeast…

Transportify aims to make life easier for SMEs

As an online marketplace for delivery and logistics, Transportify is easily likened to other transport services such as Uber and Grab. “Oh, you’re Uber for deliveries—that was the easiest way [for some people] to explain what we…

Man killed in 18-vehicle pileup in Pasig

A motorcycle rider died while two other people were hospitalized after a driver lost control of his 10-wheel truck which hit a sport utility vehicle, triggering a chain reaction that led to an 18-vehicle pileup. The crash…

Light truck ban on Edsa, shaw extended to Sept. 15

The light truck ban on Edsa and Shaw Boulevard has been extended until Sept. 15, based on the regulation issued by the Metro Manila Council (MMC), the policy-making body of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). The…

6 dead, 20 injured in Taytay truck crash

Six people died, including an infant and her mother, while at least 20 others were injured after a trailer truck went wayward and crashed into a row of shops and parked tricycles in Taytay, Rizal province, on…

Trucks rented to transfer petabytes of data

If you think 10 terabytes of storage capacity in a home PC is a lot, you’d be surprised to learn that some companies produce 100 terabytes-worth of data per day. With so much data to move around,…