Tesco claims to be launching the UK’s first commercially-used fully electric heavy freight articulated trucks. Two new 37-tonne DAF electric vehicles will transport food and other products from...
Electric Vehicles
The Transport Engineer newsroom is now closed for the winter holidays.
Vehicle technology company Innovative Safety Systems Ltd (ISS) is continuing to expand its operations in response to new growth and development. Following on from the expansion of its field engineer...
Road Safety
Twelve years after taking their first ever Isuzu truck, A1 Loo Hire is adding a further five new Isuzus to its 100 strong vehicle fleet, with the addition of four Isuzu 7.5 tonne rigids and one Isuzu...
Rigids
Scania is introducing hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) trucks that can be fitted with different powertrain and charging options. A new electric machine, GE281,...
Drivelines
Watson Fuels has announced the opening of two new bunker refuelling sites, located in Sheerness, on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, and in the Canada Dock area of Liverpool.
Fuel Systems
Continental Tyres is further growing its in-house ‘ContiAcademy’ training centre following an increase in demand for courses this year. Situated in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, the ContiAcademy will...
Tyres & Retreads
Scotland’s transport minister Graeme Dey joined Stagecoach to launch Perth’s first fully electric buses. The nine new single deck buses will start serving routes across the city from January.
Electric Vehicles
The West Midlands authority’s new vacuum tank gully emptier is based on a 26-tonne Econic 2630 L chassis supplied by the Kidderminster branch of dealer group Rygor Commercials.
Municipal Vehicles
The boards of National Express and Stagecoach have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share combination of National Express and Stagecoach, in which National Express shareholders...
Bus & Coach
The reduction of the fuel consumption of HD trucks is and will remain a major development driver for heavy duty trucks. About 30% of the energy out of the fuel gets lost with the exhaust. This energy...
Engine/Transmission Management
Mellor presented its new Sigma range of battery electric, ‘zero-emissions zero-compromise’ buses at a special, COVID-19-restricted press preview event in December at the UTAC Proving Ground in...
Electric Vehicles