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Transport Engineer's library houses editorial features going back five years. The content is classified and can be filtered by key transport industry sector topics such as engine/transmission management, trailers, heavy good vehicles, tippers, truck aerodynamics, workshop equipment, maintenance and fleet operating costs and much more.

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Engineering Technology
09/04/2024

New IVECO range

IVECO engineers have been busily working away at refreshing the company’s ...
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09/04/2024

Charging for electric buses

Getting sufficient power from the grid to charge a fleet of electric buses ...
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Rear axles for rigids - 08/03/2024
What happened to DME - 08/03/2024
All about biodiesel - 08/03/2024
Build up to Birmingham - 08/03/2024
Launching the eActros 600 - 06/02/2024

Fleet Management
16/04/2024

Transport Engineer new website

At Transport Engineer, we are continually looking for new ways to deliver ...
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09/04/2024

New IVECO range

IVECO engineers have been busily working away at refreshing the company’s ...
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Transfer Window - 09/04/2024
Normal service is resumed - 09/04/2024
CV Show preview 2024 - 09/04/2024
What happened to DME - 08/03/2024
Comment: Back to the future - 08/03/2024

Legislation and Compliance
09/04/2024

Legal update

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced that now that ...
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08/03/2024

What happened to DME

DME was once the ‘fuel of the future’. Richard Simpson finds out what went ...
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All about biodiesel - 08/03/2024
All about hydrogen fuel - 06/02/2024
Comment: Running on fumes - 06/02/2024
Going electric at depots - 06/02/2024
Battery and hydrogen trucks - 06/02/2024

Bus and coach
09/04/2024

Charging for electric buses

Getting sufficient power from the grid to charge a fleet of electric buses ...
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12/10/2023

Safety via geofencing

A first-of-a-kind implementation of geofencing technology in the UK will ...
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Keeping bus at bay - 12/10/2023
Product training matters - 12/10/2023
Transitioning to ebuses - 12/10/2023
Coach repower project - 31/08/2023
Busworld - 31/08/2023

Vans and LCVs
12/10/2023

Flooding risks

Heavy, unceasing rain, overflowing watercourses and an often-inadequate ...
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31/05/2023

Working on the undercarriage

Bashed, battered and bruised, light commercial steering and suspension ...
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A leg up - 12/05/2023
Electric vans go mainstream - 10/02/2023
Little Skips - 20/01/2023
Just desserts - 21/12/2022
Saving grace - 20/09/2022

Workshop
06/02/2024

Testing trailers

A rolling road test is an objective measure of the efficiency of a ...
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05/12/2023

VLS shares learnings

VLS entered the marketplace to bring lubricant companies into compliance. ...
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The basics of EBPMS - 15/11/2023
Preventing wheel detachment - 30/10/2023
Linking mobile column lifts - 30/10/2023
Securing loads - 31/05/2023
Winning attitude - 15/03/2023