Fleet management specialist BT Fleet, which looks after far more than its own parent company’s vehicles, has been awarded a multi-million pound, five year R&M contract by the AA.
Repair & Maintenance
ZF is celebrating its centenary in Friedrichshafen, Germany – having been founded as Zahnradfabrik GmbH on 9 September 1915 – and still focusing on innovative technologies and continuous improvement.
Fuel Systems
Commercial vehicles bodybuilder Cartwright has renewed its 100% Goodyear tyres contract for another two years following impressive performance, in terms of products and services, over the last year.
Tyres & Retreads
Iveco’s Magelys has been voted International Coach of the Year 2016 by senior journalists from 22 of Europe’s leading bus and coach publications.
Bus & Coach
B&Q is implementing a new truck performance and route planning system across its 185-strong fleet, from telematics specialist Microlise.
Telematics
Volvo Trucks has launched a lift option for tandem drive axles on heavy-duty trucks (Volvo FM, FMX, FH and FH16), unsurprisingly called Tandem Axle Lift.
Axles
Fuel cell technology specialist Intelligent Energy is showing two zero emission, range-extended (ZERE) light commercial vehicles at today’s (10 September 2015) Low Carbon Vehicle Event, being staged...
Alternative Fuels
The Department for Transport has today (10 September 2015) announced a £5 million fund aimed at local authority bus operators wanting to fit emission-busting equipment to their existing fleets of...
Emissions Control
Italian-owned logistics specialist Transmec has taken delivery of nine new Stralis Hi-Way 6x2 twin-steer tractor units to its 100% Iveco fleet in the UK.
Tractor Units
Delegates at this month’s national IRTE Conference (Chesford Grange, Warwickshire 16—17 September) are being promised a packed agenda, focusing on profiting from technology and compliance.
Driver / People Management
The LCV2015 exhibition, which opens today (9 September 2015), at Millbrook Proving Ground, is running with a theme of ‘Bigger Thinking on Greener Vehicles’, centred on the LowCVP (Low Carbon Vehicle...
Alternative Fuels
Ryder group company Bullwell Trailer Solutions has launched a recruitment drive for 25 mobile HGV engineers in the Midlands, London, Glasgow, Bristol, Basingstoke and the north of England.
Continuing Professional Development