Features

All about retreads

With an ever-increasing focus on sustainability, recycling and a circular economy, retreads have become a more common sight on commercial vehicles in recent years. Steve Banner takes a look at the latest investment in the area by Bridgestone

Tyres & Retreads
News

CV Show 2024: Maxus debuts EVs

Harris Maxus is showcasing 13 electric vehicles (EV) at the Commercial Vehicle (CV) Show 2024 in Birmingham, including the new eDeliver 5 electric light commercial vehicle (eLCV).

Electric Vehicles
News

CV Show 2024: Totalkare demos Hawkeye XL

Totalkare is demonstrating Hunter Engineering's Hawkeye XL Heavy-Duty Alignment System at the Commercial Vehicle (CV) Show 2024 in Birmingham.

Wheel Alignment
Features

Legal Update

Ward Recycling Limited has been fined £2.15 million after an agency worker was struck and killed by a loading shovel at its waste site in Hartlepool.

Road Legal
Training

Preparing for the IRTE Skills Challenge

With the 2024 edition of the IRTE Bus & Coach Skills Challenge just around the corner, the final preparations are being made by organisers, competitors and sponsors alike

Bus & Coach
Features

Pathway to progress

The SOE has introduced a career pathway guide that is designed to help members navigate their career growth through engineering, featuring information from people who have been there before

Continuing Professional Development
Features

Euro 7 extension

Decisions and discussions around Euro 7 – the latest in a long line of standards to cut emissions of commercial vehicle engines – are ongoing. But there has been plenty of movement in the past 12 months, including a revised timescale. Toby Clark assesses the landscape

Emissions Control
Features

Comment: Essential engineering engagement

I entered the road transport industry as an apprentice HGV technician in 1979. I subsequently joined the IRTE in the early 1980s as a means to help me become a manager – little did I know.

Heavy Goods Vehicles
Features

Introducing eActros 300

Mercedes-Benz continues to broaden its battery-electric truck portfolio with the eActros 300. Lucy Radley delivers her verdict on the new artic

Drivelines
Features

Preparing for the future

How are commercial vehicle workshops being future-proofed ahead of the anticipated boom in electric vehicles before 2035? Tom Austin-Morgan reports

Electric Vehicles
News

CV Show 2024: SOE unveils ‘Pathways to Progress’

The Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) has launched ‘Pathways to Progress’, a guide designed to help engineers navigate and advance their careers.

Continuing Professional Development
News

Tual launches portable powerbank technology

Tual, a company specialising in electric commercial-vehicle charging solutions, has launched its PowerBank ProCharging offering to support fleet-vehicle charging.

Electric Vehicles