Supertrucks has won Fleet Van's Van Equipment Company of the Year 2010 award for its innovative engineering and quality.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Cupar-based Wilson Steven Transport is now running its first Iveco heavy trucks – four Stralis Active Space 6x2 twin-steer tractor units from local dealer AM Phillip.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
As local authorities and their contractors come to terms with shrinking budgets, what can transport engineers do to help cut costs. Brian Tinham investigates
Whole Vehicle Type ApprovalAvailable and emerging technologies are proving themselves eminently capable of reducing fuel consumption and emissions – but at what cost? Brian Tinham reports
Bus & Coach
Scania has begun tests of a rear air deflector, known as a boat-tail, said to reduce fuel consumption by up to two percent. The truck giant suggests that, if proven, that corresponds to an annual...
Aerodynamics
Electrical contractor Best Electrical reports increasing productivity – to the tune of €60,000 worth of additional business – since installing FleetMatics' GPS vehicle tracking system.
Tracking
Fleet engineers who made it to the 63rd IAA (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung) Commercial Vehicles Show in Hannover last month cannot fail to have been impressed. Not only by the scale of the...
Green Vehicles
Halfords has become the first on the road with Bevan's newly adapted truck body design that the firm says sets new standards for aerodynamic efficiency.
Rigids
Removals firm Matt Purdie & Sons has taken delivery of a 7.5-tonne Mitsubishi Fuso Canter 7C15D, which, it says, has plugged a gap in the fleet.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Two-thirds of Europe's truck combinations are driving around with incorrect wheel alignment, and many also have the wrong tyre types and tyre pressures.
Tyres & Retreads
Vehicle operators can now contact Keltruck to arrange their mandatory annual vehicle testing, following VOSA's approval of its West Bromwich head office, Burton on Trent and Worksop sites as ATFs.
VOSA Testing
Rotrak has developed a novel supercharger claimed to overcome the problems of conventional superchargers and turbochargers.
Engine/Transmission Management