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04/12/2018
While one in seven of UK transport, construction and public sector representatives intend to source alternative fuels in the coming year, only a fifth can identify the most sustainable fuel type.
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03/12/2018
Gatwick Airport Storage and Hydrant Company (GASHCo) has taken delivery of two specially equipped Mercedes-Benz Sprinters to maintain the network of aviation fuel hydrants at Gatwick Airport.
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03/12/2018
Hydrogen technology company UlemCo says fully hydrogen-powered trucks are “a realistic prospect” in the short term, after reporting record energy efficiency results from its latest project.
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03/12/2018
Humberside Fire & Rescue Service is taking delivery of two 18-tonne Scania P-series rigids – the first of Scania’s New Generation trucks to go into service with any UK fire and rescue operation.
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30/11/2018
A three-year, 3,000-vehicle project to test the impact of electric commercial vehicles has been announced today (30 November), after receiving the go-ahead from UK energy regulator Ofgem.
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30/11/2018
Jacobs Vehicle Systems has launched Active Decompression Technology (ADT), which enables larger commercial vehicles to use an engine stop-start system by overcoming the traditional problem of engine-shake at both start-up and shutdown.
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30/11/2018
Renault Trucks is expanding its range of used vehicles with the Range T P-Road, a tractor converted into a rigid.
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29/11/2018
Volvo Trucks is introducing new monitoring services, for tyres and truck components, in a bid to boost customer uptime by predicting potential failures before they occur.
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29/11/2018
Scottish high street retailer Semichem has taken upgraded its fleet to Euro VI with delivery of two DAF tractors and four DAF rigids, supplied by Ryder.
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29/11/2018
Oil, lubricants and treatments manufacturer Millers Oils has launched a new fully-synthetic commercial vehicle engine oil developed for Euro VI engines.
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28/11/2018
Goodyear is launching a new range of mixed-service truck tyres, promising better damage resistance and longer service life than previous versions, plus an accidental damage and retreading guarantee.
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28/11/2018
Nottingham City Transport has taken delivery of all 53 of its double-deck biogas-fuelled buses, ordered last year in a £17m deal from Scania and Alexander Dennis (ADL) and part funded by the Office of Low Emission Vehicles (see link below).
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28/11/2018
Wheely-Safe has launched new technology for truck, bus, coach and trailer operators, which is designed to tackle multiple issues of wheel loss, tyre pressure drops, and brake and hub overheating.
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27/11/2018
Infrastructure services company FM Conway is trialling two Nissan e-NV200 plug-in vans in its London-based fleet, supplied on rental by Enterprise Flex-E-Rent.
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27/11/2018
Landscaping and ground maintenance business Flora-tec has outsourced the management of its 55-strong car and van fleet to Fleet Operations, and says it is already benefiting from cost savings.
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27/11/2018
Bibby Distribution has invested more than £1 million installing in-cab cameras throughout its fleet in a bid to boost driver safety and improve performance.
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26/11/2018
Scottish bus operator McGill’s has signed a £4.8m deal with Alexander Dennis (ADL) for 26 single-deck vehicles built to Low Emission Bus standards.
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26/11/2018
One in five of UK drivers, some 7.5 million road users, experience road rage at least once a week, while 6% – more than 2 million – admit to being angry behind the wheel every day.
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26/11/2018
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is taking tougher action to limit the use of old tyres on heavy goods vehicles or trailers.
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23/11/2018
Gloucestershire-based Creed Foodservice has specified its first Carrier Transicold Iceland Twincool engineless refrigeration systems for 12 new DAF LF rigid trucks, declaring the system “perfectly suited” to its fleet operation.
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23/11/2018
The world’s first trial of a full-sized autonomous bus fleet will operate between Fife and Edinburgh, with Stagecoach running five single-deckers across the Forth Road Bridge.
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23/11/2018
Volvo Trucks has announced that Robert Grozdanovski will take over from Arne Knaben as managing director for UK and Ireland.
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22/11/2018
Basildon-based waste and recycling operator Waste-A-Way has taken delivery of 14 new Mercedes-Benz Arocs, declaring the robust model to be “ideally suited” to its operations.
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22/11/2018
Norwegian operator Bronnoy Kalk has signed a deal with Volvo Trucks for the manufacturer’s first autonomous commercial vehicle solution, with the customer buying the service on a pay-per-tonne basis.
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22/11/2018
A training school, contemporary auditorium and entrance atrium were all on the list for DAF Trucks, when it gave a team of designers the brief for its new UK headquarters.
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