Scania Australia is celebrating a strong campaign in the heavy vehicle commercial market, having delivered a record-breaking number of trucks to customers across the 2024 calendar year.
Almost 1500 Scania heavy rigid and prime mover trucks entered service across Australia in 2024, with the total of 1459 trucks accounting for 8.5 per cent market share.
Managing Director of Scania Australia Manfred Streit believes qualities represented in Scania trucks reflects the changing priorities of the wider Australian truck market.
“The Australian market now places greater emphasis on factors we have been promoting for many years: fuel efficiency, safety, durability and of course, maximum uptime,” Streit says.
“While it is undeniable that in a tight driver market, the comfort and premium features of our cabs assist customers in retaining their employees.
“Our performance in 2024 marks a new high in terms of deliveries, and market share growth over 2023.”
The growth to delivering almost 1500 trucks to the Australian market is a marked rise from the company’s debut in the region in 1999, where it delivered 366 trucks in its first year operating in Australia.
Key to the growth experienced in 2024 was the company’s forward steps in the implementation of autonomous trucks in the country’s mining sector through collaborations with Regroup and Fortescue.
Streit says Scania Australia will continue to explore developing technologies in the heavy vehicle industry through 2025.
“We will continue to exceed market expectations as well as provide pathways to transitioning to a sustainable transport solution into 2025 and beyond,” Streit continues.
“We aim to expand our Battery Electric Vehicle portfolio, as well as continue to focus on renewable fuels such as biodiesel and HVO, which can make a dramatic reduction in cleaning exhaust emissions from our highly advanced combustion engines.
“I am also particularly proud that Scania Australia is leading the introduction of autonomous heavy trucks within the mining industry globally, for both haul road and in-pit applications, and we anticipate seeing more of these vehicles arrive in Australia very soon.
“The pace of our business development will not slacken.”
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