Telematics specialist Microlise is to provide its technology to India's largest commercial vehicles manufacturer Tata Motors in a move the pair expect to "transform" the country's commercial transport...
Telematics
FTA (Freight Transport Association) and IRTE (the Institute of Road Transport Engineers) have worked together to deliver independent IRTE Workshop Accreditation to all three Tower Transit workshops in...
Irtec
Transport minister Baroness Kramer has unveiled a plaque commemorating the opening of Reading Buses' new £1 million compressed biomethane station.
Alternative Fuels
More than 1,000 local authority vehicles, ranging from buses to fire engines, should improve their green credentials, following transport minister Baroness Kramer's announcement of successful bidders...
Electric Vehicles
All professional bus, coach and truck drivers must have completed their first block of Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training by today (10 September 2014) to continue...
Driver / People Management
Two new research projects aimed at driving low carbon vehicles technologies are to receive £6 million funding from the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council).
Alternative Fuels
Bellurgan, Dundalk-based Anchor Tours has taken delivery of a new Volvo three-axle, 13 metre B13R coach with the 9700 bodywork.
Bus & Coach
A public demonstration of SulNOxEco Fuels new fuel emulsion technology on a 1959 Routemaster bus resulted in particulate matter emissions being reduced by 91% while NOx was cut by 60%, compared with...
Alternative Fuels
Strong demand for vans continues to carry the commercial vehicle market, according to the latest set of figures from the SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders).
Sales Figures
Nanotechnology used in the formation of stable fuel emulsions could slash the emissions of green house gases and cancerous particulate matter, according to UK firm SulNOx Fuel Fusions.
Alternative Fuels
Office supplies company Lyreco UK has acquired a further 57 panel vans from Burnt Tree as part of a fleet replacement programme, this time going for 5 tonners, instead of its usual 3.5 tonners.
Rigids
So there's good news and bad news. The DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) is cutting costs at ATFs – Authorised Testing Facilities – by 3.5%, but it's raising fees at its own testing stations...
Irtec