John Challen

News

GITI Tire expands its drive axle range

A mixed service drive axle tyre has been launched by GITI Tire UK.

Tyres & Retreads
News

GRW goes on tour with tanker engineering

Abandoning all of its static exhibitions, GRW Engineering has taken the decision to take a mobile exhibition unit out onto the road from 7 to 16 June.

Tankers
News

Everywoman awards winners revealed

The votes have been counted, and the winners have been announced. No, we're not talking about the General Election: this is the 2010 MAN everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards.

Driver / People Management
News

Drawbar coupling service now offered by Jost

A one-stop service for drawbar operators has been launched by Jost-GB, including an all-inclusive package for users of its Rockinger drawbar couplings.

Drawbar / Drawbar Assemblies
News

UK capital set for electric vehicle revolution

A £67 million tender has been issued by Transport for London, for the supply of up to 1,300 electric and hybrid vehicles.

Electric Vehicles
News

Allison expands range of buys transmissions

Allison's Torqmatic series of fully automatic transmissions for bus applications has two new members, thanks to the addition of the T390 and T390R models.

Gearboxes
News

Food supplier invests in new trailer panel technology

The Greenery, which supplies fruit and vegetables to supermarkets and wholesalers in the UK, is evaluating aerodynamic trailers designed to cut fleet fuel consumption levels.

Aerodynamics
News

FTA calls for bus and truck speed limit review

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) believes that speed limits for buses and trucks should be harmonised to give the greatest safety benefits for all road users.

Driver / People Management
Features

Built to last

SMMT's chief executive Paul Everitt wants his organisation to further embrace trucks and vans – and help to find engineering and legislative benefits for vehicles and operators, writes John Challen

Alternative Fuels
Features

Smooth operators

All the key news from last month's great Commercial Vehicle Operator Show 2010

Alternative Fuels
Features

Getting in the zone

Low emission zones have been touted as a potential solution to cleaning up the UK's city centres, but why does this country lag behind, compared with the rest of Europe, and will the situation ever...

Low Emission Zones
Features

Style icons

Modern trucks are a lot of things to a lot of drivers. So getting the balance between robustness, aerodynamics, safety and appearance is key. John Challen takes a look at how these factors are likely...

Truck Aerodynamics