Allison Transmission says it intends to present "a complete spectrum" of transmissions for optimising vehicle efficiency at this year's IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hannover, from September 21 to...
Gearboxes
Millbrook Proving Ground plays host to the LCV 2010 low carbon vehicle event this week (15 and 16 September), showing available and emerging technologies, vehicles and government support programmes.
Alternative Fuels
The winner of this year's EuroTra Safety and Innovation Award, organised by the FTA, is Bertocco Shell, a joint venture between Bertocco Automotive Engineering and Shell Chemicals.
Road Safety
CNG (compressed natural gas) engine technology is likely to be added to Optare's range of EcoDrive low carbon units – which could go down well in Europe, where there is a good supply of the fuel.
Alternative Fuels
ATFs (authorised test facilities) – the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency's controversial approach to outsourcing one of its core functions – appear, ever so slowly, to be catching on. We're seeing...
VOSA Prohibitions
CNG/LNG-diesel dual fuel technology may be more applicable to more trucks than most of us realised. Brian Tinham talks to Howard Tenens about sustainable logistics
Alternative Fuels
Heavy haulage specialist Goldhofer has introduced the first flatbed semi-trailer designed to extend from 20 to 62 metres for carrying wind power turbine blades in their shipping frames.
TrailersS&J European Haulage says it has added new double-deck SKO Express dry freight box trailers from Schmitz Cargobull to its fleet, because their lower rolling resistance saves money.
Axles
With the massive Hannover commercial vehicle event only days away, Brian Tinham previews just some of the attractions of transport engineers and fleet managers
Axles
TH White, which hauls machinery all over the UK, has taken delivery of a new tri-axle step frame trailer from Andover Trailers in a bid to make deliveries easier.
Trailers
Builders' merchant Travis Perkins has become one of the first in Britain to buy the new, low-emission EEV Fuso Canter light truck.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Netherlands-based Emons, which operates 450 trucks across four divisions (Emons Cargo, Van Huet Glass Logistics, TWO Chemical Warehousing and Logistics, and Emons Recycling Logistics), is recommending...
Driver CPC