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News
20/04/2021

MAN completes military container loader refit

MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd.’s Modification Centre has completed the complex conversion of 382 UK MoD MAN HX trucks, helping modernise the fleet of British Army’s logistics corps.

The contract required MAN to install and integrate a new pallet and container loading system (enhanced palletised load system, or EPLS) on to the four-axle HX trucks, ... » Read More

20/04/2021

Reschedule annual tests - DVSA

Because of the annual test exemptions that DVSA offered last year due to ...
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19/04/2021

ZF's new truck systems

At the Auto Shanghai 2021 trade show, 21-28 April, ZF is planning to ...
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19/04/2021

Hultsteins' service partner

Swedish company Hultsteins has appointed Kent-based Longhurst ...
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16/04/2021

1st UK full-electric 27-tonner

CCF has worked in collaboration with Electra, to launch what they call the ...
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16/04/2021

15 skiploaders for Dunmow

Hyva UK has supplied 15 skiploaders to Dunmow Waste Management in the east ...
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15/04/2021

Farrall’s Group changes gears

Family-owned haulage and warehousing specialists, Farrall’s Group of ...
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14/04/2021

Giti's new 17.5" urban tyre

Giti Tire is targeting the small stop-start city bus and 7.5 tonne ...
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14/04/2021

ZF Aftermarket's reman parts

For the fourth year in a row, April 8 was Global Remanufacturing Day, an ...
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Features
06/04/2021

Hot air? Revisiting hydrogen for commercial vehicle propulsion

Hyundai says that “building a comprehensive hydrogen ecosystem… will lead to a paradigm shift that removes automobile emissions from the environmental equation”. But are hydrogen fuel cell-powered heavy vehicles a realistic proposition, asks Toby Clark

Hydrogen fuel cells have promised to be the future of renewable energy-powered transport for ... » Read More

06/04/2021

Hydrogen injection

Electric vehicles are viewed by many as the solution to a lot of transport-related problems. But other technologies – such as hydrogen – are fighting back. By John Challen
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06/04/2021

Comment: safe every day

When I hear people say that they inspect their vehicles to MOT standards, I wonder. As the MOT determines minimum standards, does this mean that they are only maintaining their vehicles to the minimum? When you are operating a ...
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06/04/2021

Road safety: London and beyond

Truck technology is helping drivers keep pedestrians and vulnerable road users safe, reports Lucy Radley
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