With its CF and XF Euro 6 tractors (4x2 and 6x2 with second steered axle – FTG) already well into production, DAF is now expanding its offerings, with a range of CF and XF 6x2 rigids.
Rigids
Ray Ashworth, managing director of DAF Trucks, has added a revealing subscript to the SMMT's (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders) upbeat 2013 year-end figures, stating that the dealer network...
Sales FiguresThe first all-electric buses in the UK to harness range-extending induction plates, buried in the road, are to be trialled on a 15-mile route in Milton Keynes at the end of this month (January 2014). ...
Electric Vehicles
DVSA (the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) announced today (9 January 2014) that it is to put all its VOSA vehicle inspectors through a new training and assessment programme, leading to irtec...
Continuing Professional Development
As we kick off 2014, fleet engineers and transport managers need guidance on changes to the legislative and enforcement environment likely to affect their operations. Brian Tinham talks to traffic...
Operator Compliance Risk ScoreGraham Smith OBE FIMI, executive advisor to the president of Toyota Motor Europe and managing director of its London Office, is the new president of IMI. He was inaugurated at the last AGM and will...
People
'Perfect in every situation' is Iveco's slogan for its long-awaited new Eurocargo Euro 6. Brian Tinham reports from its launch event at the Italian Embassy in London
Rigids
Brian Tinham talks to the FTA's Julie Maddocks about her day spent shadowing area engineers on the association's Vehicle Inspection Service team
Road Safety
Happy New Year to all our readers. And while it is now 2014, as we go to press 2013 remains the big issue. On the one hand, operators are still digesting the Autumn Statement. On the other, OEMs are...
Alternative Fuels
Whole vehicle testing is the best way to ensure air quality improvements from hybrid buses and HGVs – which may not be as green as originally thought.
Alternative Fuels
Head and eye tracking technology designed to automatically detect driver fatigue and distraction is to be tested for the first time on 20 coaches and trucks across Europe.
Road Safety
Asda Logistics Services has taken 50 dual-fuel Volvo FM methane-diesel tractor units for its new distribution centre at Asda Avonmouth, Bristol – the second largest single order for dual-fuel trucks.
Alternative Fuels