Renault Trucks will be exhibiting three vehicles from its construction range at the forthcoming TIP-ex event (1-3 June; Harrogate Convention Centre).
Axles
Fraikin has signed a sale and lease back agreement with Harrow Council for a fleet of 40 vehicles to be used for a new pooled transport service that will help young people with special needs get to school.
Bus & Coach
Michelin is rejecting calls from parts of the automotive tyre industry to increase the minimum legal tread depth of car tyres in the UK from 1.6mm to 3mm.
Tyres & Retreads
Bodybuilder Thompsons will using the forthcoming TIP-ex show (Harrogate Convention Centre; 1-3 June) to unveil its new ServiceTech support business.
Workshop
WH Malcolm is using a customised heavy-duty platform lift, from Sterti Koni, to facilitate vehicle washbay operations at its Glasgow site.
Workshop
Hydraulic hose business Hydraquip has taken delivery of another batch of Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, with 20 more due to enter service by the end of this year – totalling 100 new Sprinters in three years.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Millbrook Group, the independent vehicle testing and validation services provider, has completed work on a large climatic chamber to be used for conducting environmental tests on commercial, public service, and military vehicles.
Standards & Practices
Volvo demonstrated its first right-hand drive single-deck fully-electric bus, the 7900e, at an innovation event in London on 16 May. The model is a prototype that is planned to tour the country. Its introduction follows the 7900 hybrid and electric-hybrid models launched a few years ago.
Electric Vehicles
Tiverton-based Blakes Coaches has returned from the UK Coach Rally in Blackpool (6-7 May) with the Irizar Trophy.
Bus & Coach
Concrete supplier Trenchcon has taken delivery of a Volvo FE low-entry cab (LEC) 6x2 rigid for truckmixer applications – the first vehicle of its type to enter service in the UK.
Road Safety
Family-owned haulier Dalton Transport & Storage is awaiting delivery of a flagship MAN TGX, after ordering the vehicle at the Commercial Vehicle Show last month.
Tractor Units
In a speech at the Microlise conference at the Ricoh Arena on 17 May, senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell challenged the government and industry in what she called the last public speaking engagement of her professional career. Appointed as senior traffic commissioner in 2012, she steps down at the end of May, when East of England traffic commissioner Richard Turfitt takes over in the top job.
Health & Safety Legislation