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May 2026 Newsletter

May 2026 Newsletter

As you may have noticed we have changed the name of Landex to Emach to reflect our increasing focus on BEV machinery. All contracts and warranties offered by Landex will of course be honoured by Emach and we continue to supply and service XCMG and Shantui diesel...

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April 2026 Newsletter

April 2026 Newsletter

The Foodstuffs NI Deepway is traveling 460km a day, running at 42t loaded in the lower North Island. If you are saving money with every km, you may as well run quite a few.Deepway have now delivered 15,000 trucks in China and have travelled 650 million km with...

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March 2026 Newsletter

March 2026 Newsletter

A Deepway looking very smart in Foodstuffs North Island livery, soon to be operating out of Palmerston North.A recent software upgrade has improved the adaptive cruise control to one of the best available, and unleashed all 720hp.Priced at around NZD100k cheaper than...

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February 2026 Newsletter

February 2026 Newsletter

Etrucks® delivered Mike Casey's electric cherries to Parliament as part of an annual Rewiring Aotearoa event. An excellent promotion for all things electric.A bit more about the trip here:https://www.facebook.com/reel/1278060111051070 We are delighted to kick off the...

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January 2026 Newsletter

January 2026 Newsletter

We were in China last week and test drove the first RHD Deepway 4x2 in icy conditions in Hefei. These have a 10t tare with a 513kWh swappable battery.https://youtu.be/AhV49FZSk5cWe also visited Shantui for a look at their latest Weichai powered 17t grader. Their 12t...

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December 2025 Newsletter

December 2025 Newsletter

Wishing you a Merry Christmas from the team at Etrucks® and Landex. We hope you are looking forward to 2026 with the same positive attitude as the Big Chill bear. The 800kWh Windrose Gen 2 can run Auckland to Wellington without charging. Testing Fonterra's new 400kW...

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November 2025 Newsletter

November 2025 Newsletter

The Deepway is now fitted with SL fronts and is out towing on HPMV permits. The trial below with  Foodstuffs NI using their Fairfax electric quad trailer. One axle powers the refrigeration unit for a fully zero emissions solution.There are now 10,000 Deepways running...

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October 2025 Newsletter

October 2025 Newsletter

The South Island tour of the Deepway went well including an out full, back empty, for Foodstuffs SI. Energy use was 1.35kWh/km so we would have achieved 400km with 10% battery remaining There is some stunning scenery down south, here going through the Lindis.We...

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September 2025 Newsletter

September 2025 Newsletter

Thanks to everyone who came along to our Hampton Downs track day. An excellent chance to have a drive and experience the astonishing torque from a heavy electric truck.A video of the Windrose towing the Visy b-double:https://youtu.be/2E3ErZYXH24Gavin Shoebridge from...

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