Vehicles competing in this year's Dakar Rally will be equipped with compact, sealed throttle valve needle roller bearings to protect the engine and withstand pressure peaks.
Engines & Engine Parts
Reduced weight, lower costs and improved driver comfort have all been achieved by Cheshire operator Arclid Transport on its bulk powder tankers, following an interesting specification.
Truck Efficiency
Bitumen supplier Nynas UK has taken delivery of another six Volvo FM tractor units, citing build quality, safety, parts support and backup as key reasons for sticking with Volvo.
Road Safety
Courtney Coaches of Bracknell is taking delivery of two Tempo 12 metre buses from Optare, built to run on pure plant oil using Regenatec technology.
Alternative Fuels
Scania is promising a top prize of one of its new R-series trucks for the winner of Europe's largest truck driving event – the Scania Young European Truck Driver competition.
Driver CPC
Hampshire's largest independent builders merchant, Elliott Brothers, has taken delivery of four Iveco Stralis Active Day 26 tonne rear-steering 6x2 rigids, which join its 27-strong truck fleet...
Lifting & Handling
Isuzu Truck has confirmed that its Euro 5 prices for the Forward and Grafter ranges have been finalised and fixed for 2010 at an approximate 8% increase across the board.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Heavy haulage trailer manufacturer Goldhofer has introduced an expandable semi-trailer for more demanding operations needing to run with a variety of payloads.
Longer Semi-Trailers
Volvo trucks for regional and city distribution can all now be specified with automated transmission, following addition of the FE 4x2 distribution configuration with Volvo's software-driven I-Sync.
Gearboxes
The catchilly named Comparecontracthire.com now allows transport managers to search for vehicle prices by body type, monthly rental, CO2 gm/km emission range, combined mpg, transmission and fuel type...
Vehicle Specification
Policy makers in Europe, the US and Japan need to cooperate on developing global fuel efficiency metrics, methodologies, standards and regulations that are practical and effective.
Green Vehicles
Volvo and Mack are the first truck manufacturers to have their engines certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency as meeting the 2010 diesel emissions standard.
Emissions Control