VBG has released details of its stand at the forthcoming Commercial Vehicle Show (NEC, Birmingham; 26-28 April), where visitors will be able to see drawbar couplings, vehicle approved chassis mounting...
Couplings
MAN Truck & Bus UK has announced that three of its dealers can now retrofit nearside door viewing panels in its trucks to enable operators to meet the recommendations of Transport for London and CLOCS...
Road Safety
Renault Trucks has won an award for its work to design part of a truck cab from composite thermoplastic – which could reduce cab weight by 25%.
Bodywork
Ahead of the budget this week (16 March), campaign group FairFuelUK is calling for a continued freeze on fuel duty – or, better still, a 3p cut – claiming that its supporters would prefer to pay more...
Fuel Pricing
Pegasus Grab Hire has taken delivery of a Volvo Tridem tipper grab – the first truck of its type to have a body built by Thompsons and which, says Pegasus, offered “unmatched” manoeuvrability.
Tippers
Used truck and contract lease provider Hanbury Riverside has taken delivery of its 1000th new Volvo truck, a specially liveried FH tractor.
Tractor Units
Solihull Council has replaced three old lease-hire vehicles with specialist drain and gully cleaning tankers from Whale Tankers.
Tankers
Today marks one year since the £21 million Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project went into operation, with the fleet – the largest in Europe – reportedly covering 250,000 miles in that time.
Alternative Fuels
Horiba MIRA is building a £6m, 12,000 sq ft dedicated advanced emissions test centre at its Nuneaton headquarters.
Emissions Control
High street pharmacy chain Well Pharmacy has signed a three-year deal with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles to supply its fleet of prescription delivery vans.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Temperature-controlled distributor M J Griffiths Transport has taken delivery of two side-opening trailers from Ekeri – adding to five already in operation – which, says the operator, have cut...
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Goodyear’s FuelMax tyres were used on trucks in the Mercedes-Benz Efficiency Run 2015, and contributed to an overall reduction in fuel consumption of up to 14%.
Tyres & Retreads