Why is lithium-ion the best choice for batteries in hybrid and all-electric trucks and buses? And what technologies are coming in the future? JMBS’s chief electrochemist Allan Paterson explains the...
Battery Technology
With more than 170 trucks to see at MAN’s Trucknology Days event, a visitor could easily be distracted. However, Brian Weatherley stayed firmly focused on two new products that are definitely UK-bound
Light Commercial Vehicles
Last year Transport Engineer revealed ambitious plans for the futuristic, all-American, electric Nikola One tractor. The latest zero-emission prototype has now broken cover. Brian Weatherley reports
Alternative Fuels
Tomorrow’s delivery trucks will have to be safer, greener and quieter, too. But how do you create a noise standard when there are so many sounds in and around a truck? Brian Weatherley hears how
Truck Efficiency
The first working prototype of the much-anticipated all-electric Nikola One top-weight tractor (TE August 2016) has been officially unveiled by Nikola Motor Company in the US.
Electric Vehicles
Two enforcers, one defender, with news on O-Licence reforms, DVSA’s future goals and what Brexit means to operators. Brian Weatherley reports on the IRTE’s legal stream seminar
Irtec
How have FORS and CLOCS affected UK truck operators – and not just those in London and the South East? Brian Weatherley hears it from the IRTE Conference expert panel
Road Safety
Bob Dylan suggested you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. So why aren’t more fleets proactive about crash reduction ahead of winter? Brian Weatherley reports
Road Safety
Scania has long-enjoyed an enviable reputation for its trucks’ driveability and brand charisma. But do the new R and S Series have the same driver-appeal? Brian Weatherley finds out
Tractor Units
While range extenders have yet to gain traction in the UK, US-based Mack Trucks has teamed up with Wrightspeed to evaluate its hybrid electric powertrain on a refuse chassis. Brian Weatherley reports
Alternative Fuels
Operators wanting to run older trucks and buses in London’s upcoming ULEZ look set to benefit from CPT’s revolutionary work with Eminox. Brian Weatherley reports
Electric Vehicles
Telematics systems now deliver the kind of fleet management facilities operators once could only dreamt of. But are most trying to do too much too soon? Brian Weatherley investigates
Telematics