Despite the setbacks with gas trucks – and particularly dual-fuel methane-diesel – revealed in last month’s report on the Low Carbon Truck Trial (page 34), this game must surely be far from over. Not only are next-generation OEM advances countering irksome efficiency losses and power limitations, but also aftermarket converters are hinting at solutions to crippling methane slip.
Alternative Fuels
As the emergency services are increasingly required to bend to the laws of austerity, converters and truck OEMs alike are coming up with novel solutions. Steve Banner Explains
Emergency Service Vehicles
Never before has electronics, sensor and computing technology so dominated the pace of truck development. Brian Tinham examines the future with Bosch and Wabco
Telematics
Tomorrow’s delivery trucks will have to be safer, greener and quieter, too. But how do you create a noise standard when there are so many sounds in and around a truck? Brian Weatherley hears how
Truck Efficiency
Drivers prefer trucks equipped with Hadley SmartValves for coupling and uncoupling operations, according to a survey commissioned late last year by the company.
Fifth Wheels
Van and truck operators can find out how to prepare for London’s new ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) at a free event later this month.
Low Emission Zones
Compliance and maintenance management software specialist r2c Online says it will double its workforce over the next 18 months, as it builds on the 15,000 fleets and 800 workshops already using its cloud-based system.
Road Legal
Family-run vehicle recovery business Westons Recovery (Abington) has taken delivery of a new Volvo FL-240 4x2 rigid. Fitted with a tilt and slide body, by Dave Bland Engineering, the 5.9m wheelbase 16-tonner joins eight other Volvo trucks in the fleet.
Rigids
Van safety topped the agenda recently, at a briefing held at Mercedes dealer Northside Truck & Van’s Doncaster branch.
Road Safety
The National Refuse Championships, formerly known as the World Refuse Championships, are returning after 22 years absence – to Weston-super-Mare seafront on Saturday 10 June 2017.
Municipal Vehicles
Mercedes-Benz Truck & Van (NI) has appointed Rab Jackson as group service manager, with responsibility for repair and maintenance at its 24-hour Newtonabbey workshop and Dungannon branch.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Hauliers now have access to Northamptonshire’s first publicly available driver-over weighbridge, after Wellingborough Norse installed a system from Axtec at the Wellingborough Council depot.
Standards & Practices