Will Dalrymple

Features

Decarbonising waste collection

The first electric dustcarts are nearing market availability across the UK. Their development is thanks to strict emissions requirements, on one hand, and the initiative of a few entrepreneurs and...

Bodywork
Events

Euro Bus Expo: NEC

Some 300 exhibitors are expected to show off the latest vehicles and technology to training and services.

Bus & Coach
News

Hyundai's fuel cell truck coming to Europe next year

Hyundai Motor has presented a first image of a new truck with fuel cell powertrain set to be launched in 2019.

Alternative Fuels
Features

Euro Bus Expo preview: busman’s holiday

The biannual show takes place in Hall 5 at the NEC in Birmingham, 30 October-1 November.

Driver / People Management
Features

IAA review: roundup

Mol, the Belgian independent truck manufacturer, has delivered its HF5066 extra heavy haulage truck (pictured) to Hong Kong.

Telematics
Features

Wise up

October marks the halfway point in Network Rail’s campaign ‘Wise Up, Size Up’ to reduce the incidents of bridge strikes in England; there were 1,801 across its network alone last year.

Road Safety
News

Award-winning Arriva bus apprentice technician rebuilds engine single-handed

Kelsie Dugmore, a fourth-year engineering apprentice at Arriva Cannock, singlehandedly rebuilt a six-cylinder 6.7-l Cummins ISB engine at the bus operator’s Jesmond (Newcastle) engine shop.

Engine/Transmission Management
News

FloGas fleet engineer wins top IRTE award

Stephen Moir, FloGas Britain fleet engineer, has won the 2018 Fleet Engineer of the Year award from the Institute of Road Transport Engineers.

Road Safety
News

18-tonne hookloader application works out on paper – and in reality too

An 18 tonnes gvw, 4x2 chassis fitted with hookloader bodywork are rare. Yet for Lancashire - based Rishton Waste Paper, this is the specification of the latest vehicle to join its fleet - and it’s...

Loaders
Video Content

At IAA, WABCO moves a step closer to truck autonomy

At IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018, which opens to the public on 20 September, the theme of component and systems supplier WABCO (Hall 16, stand B10) is ‘mobilising vehicle intelligence.’

Telematics
Features

IRTE technical conference takes place next week

Members of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers and others from the commercial vehicle world gather on Thursday 27 September to discuss developments and trends in commercial vehicle compliance,...

Alternative Fuels
Features

IAA preview - Bosch components

Complex machines like trucks are constantly being remade from the inside out thanks to innovative components made by the many manufacturers in the supply chain. One of the most diversified of these,...

Telematics