MIRA and electric vehicles specialist Gevco are developing a white label electric vehicle that, they say, will compete with petrol and diesel-powered equivalents.
Car Derived Vans
One of the first tankers to feature Whale Tankers' iWeigh waste monitoring and receipt printing system has been delivered to Malta-based Falzon Group.
Municipal Vehicles
Long-time Volvo trucks operator Knowles Transport of March, Cambridgeshire has ordered 26 new Volvo FH-460s and reckons that adding Volvo's Dynafleet telematics is giving it hundreds of free miles.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Flood threats have led to Buckinghamshire's Fire & Rescue Service buying two Mercedes-Benz Sprinter-based 4x4 vans
Emergency Service Vehicles
The first trucks to wear the new blue colours of Kent-based operator Alan Firmin are four Mercedes-Benz tractor units, all specified with high-ratio back axles.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Torbay-based Yalberton Autos has invested in a Roger Dyson slideback recovery unit.
Recovery Vehicles
FTA (the Freight Transport Association) has emphasised the importance of key transport infrastructure projectsm, ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), due out on Wednesday 20 October.
Fleet Operating Costs
A fleet of 150 Citroën dual fuel Berlingo and Dispatch vans have helped London's Southwark Council to the title of Public Sector Fleet of the Year at the 2010 GreenFleet awards.
Light Commercial Vehicles
The first Volvo FM 500 6x4 rigid to be sold in the north-west of England has been delivered to Preston-based timber merchants Derek Fox Timber.
Rigids
Service intervals and warranty up to twice the current norms are being claimed by Eaton for its next generation heavy-duty clutches – 50,000-mile service intervals and two-year, unlimited mileage aftermarket warranty.
Clutches/Transmissions
Devon-based Highfield Garage has added a clean green Euro 5 and EEV (enhanced environmentally-friendly vehicle) recovery truck to its six-strong fleet of Fuso Canter-based units.
Light Commercial Vehicles
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