Highly-trained hazardous area response team (HART) paramedics in the South West have become the first in England to take delivery of new-generation incident response units that enable them to reach...
Light Commercial VehiclesSide and rear windows may come loose and fall out. Affected windows are to be replaced. Manufacturer reference: TI 7186 TR. Number affected: 37. Vehicle IDs: WMA03VUY0K9012896 to WMA12VUYXK9005011.
RecallsElectronic Stability Program may malfunction or fail. It may contain incorrect data. Action is to install the correct data file. Manufacturer reference: TI 7181TR. Number affected: 9. Vehicle IDs:...
Recalls
The latest vehicle to join National Museums Liverpool is the organisation’s first-ever Isuzu 7.5 tonne rigid.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Keeping wheels on commercial vehicles is in everyone’s best interest: technicians, operators, regulators, the road-going general public. Yet this long-standing problem is still with us, since loose...
Wheel Security
Of all the safety critical systems on board a truck, brakes grab headlines when things go wrong. Brake pad wear monitoring systems provide fleet engineers with another tool. Should operators be happy...
Brakes & Braking Systems
Having spent a career in the construction products industry, Nick Elliott was seen as the ideal choice to lead the updating of IRTE’s best practice guide on vehicle roll-over. He speaks to Will...
Vehicle Stability
The cancellation of the big German trade show IAA did not stop Continental, Daimler and ZF from presenting innovations via virtual gatherings. Key points are summarised here
Health & Safety Legislation
Law firm PGMBM (Pogust, Goodhead, Mousinho, Bianchini & Martins, formerly SPG Law) has issued a case in the High Court of Justice against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles that also implicates IVECO trucks...
Emissions Control
Wincanton’s construction operations received its first 14 new-generation Actros models from East Anglia dealer Orwell Truck & Van, a supplier to Britain’s largest third-party logistics company for...
Rigids
The two German trailer makers have opened their standard telematics interfaces to each other to help customers with mixed fleets.
Telematics
The battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros truck is now being used by the chocolate manufacturer Alfred Ritter GmbH to run between its production site in Waldenbuch near Stuttgart and a warehouse in...
Electric Vehicles