Infrastructure services company FM Conway is trialling two Nissan e-NV200 plug-in vans in its London-based fleet, supplied on rental by Enterprise Flex-E-Rent.
Finance & Leasing
One in five of UK drivers, some 7.5 million road users, experience road rage at least once a week, while 6% – more than 2 million – admit to being angry behind the wheel every day.
Road Safety
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is taking tougher action to limit the use of old tyres on heavy goods vehicles or trailers.
Road Safety
Scottish bus operator McGill’s has signed a £4.8m deal with Alexander Dennis (ADL) for 26 single-deck vehicles built to Low Emission Bus standards.
Emissions Control
Volvo Trucks has announced that Robert Grozdanovski will take over from Arne Knaben as managing director for UK and Ireland.
People
The world’s first trial of a full-sized autonomous bus fleet will operate between Fife and Edinburgh, with Stagecoach running five single-deckers across the Forth Road Bridge.
Bus & Coach
Gloucestershire-based Creed Foodservice has specified its first Carrier Transicold Iceland Twincool engineless refrigeration systems for 12 new DAF LF rigid trucks, declaring the system “perfectly suited” to its fleet operation.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
A training school, contemporary auditorium and entrance atrium were all on the list for DAF Trucks, when it gave a team of designers the brief for its new UK headquarters.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Norwegian operator Bronnoy Kalk has signed a deal with Volvo Trucks for the manufacturer’s first autonomous commercial vehicle solution, with the customer buying the service on a pay-per-tonne basis.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Basildon-based waste and recycling operator Waste-A-Way has taken delivery of 14 new Mercedes-Benz Arocs, declaring the robust model to be “ideally suited” to its operations.
Tractor Units
Commercial vehicle hire business Ryder has renewed its partnership with Bridgestone for a further three years, promising continued operational and cost improvements to Ryder customers.
Tyres & Retreads
Active safety technologies such as cameras and sensors can reduce the number and severity of road accidents much more effectively than passive measures. So says ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, which has published a report in support of the EU’s proposed revision of the General Safety Regulation.
Road Safety