The end of April saw an end to the issuing of paper copies of MOT certificates as the system moves into the digital age. Lucy Radley finds out what the benefits will be to operators and what...
Workshop
The Volvo FH range has been given an aerodynamic boost, at the same time as it welcomes an upgraded cab, a big diesel and improved safety technology. Lucy Radley gets behind the wheel and under the...
Truck Efficiency
Mercedes-Benz continues to broaden its battery-electric truck portfolio with the eActros 300. Lucy Radley delivers her verdict on the new artic
Drivelines
IVECO engineers have been busily working away at refreshing the company’s range for 2024. Lucy Radley runs the rule over the new vehicle and engine line-up
Daimler Truck has launched the long-range Mercedes-Benz eActros twice in 18 months. After a prototype showing at IAA Transportation in Hanover in 2022, the production unit was unveiled outside Hamburg...
Electric VehiclesCamera-based telematics systems can record incidences of damage to a commercial vehicle…if anyone is looking. When unreported damage to a vehicle driven by multiple people is spotted, for example,...
Telematics
It’s common knowledge that any operator wishing to transport substances covered by ADR (‘Accord Dangereux Routier’) regulations must have a nominated dangerous goods safety advisor (DGSA). Far fewer...
Road Safety
Internal combustion engine-based drivetrains can slow down a vehicle in many different ways without resorting to the service brake, finds Lucy Radley
Fuso, part of Daimler Trucks, tackled high voltage safety in some detail during its extended press briefing for the new eCanter, recently held in Portugal. Lucy Radley was there
While most of the noise at DAF has been made about its new generation XG/XF/XD models, that’s not all the Dutch manufacturer has been up to. Its smaller distribution rigid, the LF, has been given a...
Truck EfficiencyCollecting data is a two-way street, finds Lucy Radley; operators that learn about non-compliant practices through telematics have a duty to stop them
Telematics
In recent times, downspeeding engines has become far and away the biggest trend in the wider market. That poses the question of whether downsizing for fuel economy might be worth considering as well....
Tractor Units