Hill Start standard

Hino has made its Easy Start technology standard equipment on all its manual transmission 300 Series light duty models (including Hybrid), and on all two-wheel drive manual transmission 500 Series medium-duty trucks. Easy Start is designed to automatically prevent the truck from rolling backwards when starting off on steep inclines, uphill and downhill.

Cat Institute wins training award

The Caterpillar Institute (Vic-Tas), a joint venture between Victorian and Tasmanian Cat dealer, William Adams, and Caterpillar of Australia, has been named Victorian Small Training Provider of the Year. The Victorian Training Awards celebrate excellence across the Victorian vocational education and training system.

Call for submissions

Infrastructure Australia has called for public submissions about Australia’s infrastructure priorities, including priority road projects. It has also released a short discussion paper about Australia’s future infrastructure requirements.