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20/04/2018
Tyre and vehicle service business Universal Tyres has installed collision-avoidance technology across its 100-strong fleet – and is predicting payback in less than a year.
The operator’s fleet – mostly 3.5-tonne vans – is now fitted with Mobileye’s technology, which warns drivers of an imminent collision with a vehicle, cyclist or pedestrian. The ...
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06/04/2018
Might there be a better way to cut road freight emissions and reduce congestion than operating HGVs in tight formation, asks Peter Shakespeare
At the end of August 2017, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced it would spend £8.1 million on an operational trial of HGV platooning in the UK. The Transport Research Laboratory is the trial lead, ...
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