Mercedes-Benz UK's National Apprentice Academy is to welcome its first external trainees next September –12 apprentices with the manufacturer's biggest LCV customer Northgate Vehicle Hire.
Apprenticeships
Commercial vehicles aftermarket supplier TTC, part Unipart Group, is now the national distributor for Remy Automotive's heavy-duty starters and alternators for LCVs and trucks.
Electrical Components/Systems
Cumbrian haulier John Miller Transport has added another pair of Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units to its high-profile fleet – and ordered a further seven Actros trucks for later this year.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
North Ayrshire Council has purchased a fleet of seven new eco-friendly vans, making its one of the largest hybrid van fleets in Scotland.
Green Vehicles
Within the next 18 months, there may well be an a new solution to the intractable problem of ensuring wheel security on HGVs and buses.
Wheel SecurityRisk of fire: on vehicles fitted with the OM646 engine, it is possible that an airconditioning (AC) hose bracket could chaff the wiring harness for the three phase alternator. If this is not...
Recalls
Ricardo has today (7 June 2011) published a white paper outlining processes that commercial vehicle manufacturers and investors should adopt to evaluate electric vehicle (EV) battery systems.
Electric Vehicles
Council-owned Ipswich Buses, which provides local bus services in and around Ipswich, says it is fitting its 71-strong fleet with MiX Telematics' Fleet Manager to reduce fuel consumption and make...
Telematics
Volkswagen has made a public offer to all third party shareholders of MAN SE for their shares, in accordance with German acquisitions law.
DealershipsNew technology that remotely assesses technicians in the workplace has earned SOE academic partner and IRTE Skills Challenge host S&B Automotive Academy top honours at the international education and...
Apprenticeships
Any serious contender for the race to an alternative fuel for commercial transport has to pass the test of large-scale sustainability and infrastructure. Brian Tinham reports
Alternative Fuels
As IRTE and FTA come together to implement a scheme that will assess and accredit commercial vehicle workshops, Brian Tinham talks to the instigators
Workshop