Following the launch of battery-electric refuse collection vehicles in London, NRG Riverside has worked with corporate cousin Electra Commercial Vehicles to create four temperature-controlled distribution vehicles ranging from a 19-tonne rigid vehicle to a 13.6m trailer.
Electric Vehicles
To make road transport safer and simpler, a new CAN bus-based electrical infrastructure has been developed which, together with digital sensors, will facilitate functional growth in the future. The company says that this offers development potential for the future and serves as the first step towards digitised functions, which will help drivers to handle coupling functions.
Couplings
Mellor, the Rochdale-based bus manufacturer, has launched a new bus: Orion Evolution is a 5.5-tonne, 27-passenger vehicle. The 8m-long vehicle features a 180bhp engine driving through a nine-speed automatic ZF gearbox, sliding door, access ramp and seating for up to 20 passengers, or 17 with a wheelchair. The product launch is occurring at the same time as the busmaker receives significant investment and an ‘exciting’ repositioning of its business activities for 2022.
Bus & Coach
A family-run logistics business continues to lead the way in promoting more sustainable fuel choices having become the first in the UK to adopt the next generation in environmentally responsible truck-mounted forklifts.
Forklift Trucks
The rapidly-changing weight structure of new cars being bought in the UK during the most recent post COVID period, driven primarily by the increasing number of much heavier electric and hybrid cars now being sold, has led Fallowfield Vehicle Deliveries to specify a brand-new Isuzu 13.5 tonne twin deck car transporter within its seven-strong vehicle delivery fleet.
Car Transporters
Webfleet TPMS provides predictive tyre management integrated into the Webfleet fleet management solution. Designed for heavy commercial vehicles, such as trucks and buses, it utilises sensors that continuously monitor tyre pressure levels and tyre temperature. The information is sent to the Webfleet Telematics Service Platform for analysis.
Tyres & Retreads
Collins Earthworks is taking delivery this month of two Volvo FH13 540 6x4 heavy haulage chassis, which are added to the five new FMX 500 Globetrotter 6x4 tractor units for operation with ejector trailers. The FMXs are amongst the first new model FMX tractors to be delivered in the UK.
Hydraulic systems
Trailer manufacturer Krone has expanded its parts supply service from its Leeds depot.
Trailers
To minimise waste and increase efficiency, skip hire and waste recycler Glynn’s uses The Driver Handbook app and content management system (TDHConnect) to significantly reduce its paper and ink usage for staff communications.
Driver / People Management
With legal stipulations governing winter equipment on trucks and buses differing across many European countries, Continental has released an updated country-by-country guide listing seasonal tyre regulations as required across Europe.
Tyres & Retreads
A DVSA investigation has led to the barring of a Norfolk coach company whose director was on duty for 24 hours straight, including a school run and rail replacement bus service, when required by law to take a nine-hour rest.
Road Legal
Lincoln-based P. C. Coaches has taken delivery of the UK's first Scania Fencer bus. Handed over at a special ceremony at Scania's UK headquarters and customer support centre in Milton Keynes, the vehicle is the Fencer f1 demonstrator which featured in the global launch of the Fencer range, which was staged in the UK in May of this year. The vehicle will now enter service on P. C. Coaches' fare stage operations within Lincolnshire.
Bus & Coach