Glasgow-based McGhee’s Bakery has added two more Sprinter chassis cabs to its 75-strong fleet of Mercedes-Benz vans.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Abellio London & Surrey, the fastest growing operator in the area operate bus services in Central, South & West London and across North Surrey and have an excellent career opportunity for a Fleet Engineer.
People
Haldex has used the IAA commercial vehicles show, in Hanover, Germany, to debut its lightest ever disc brake in the ModulT air disc brake range for trucks and trailers.
Braking Systems
Scania’s latest flat floor cab flagship S-series truck generation has been named International Truck of the Year 2017, while VW’s new Crafter takes the plaudits as International Van of the Year.
Tractor Units
Volkswagen Truck & Bus will be launching an ‘open’, cloud-based ‘operating system’ that it says will be available to the entire transportation industry – including competitors – and promising easier information flows across entire supply chains.
Fleet Management Systems
PD Huggins Potatoes has taken delivery of a new Volvo FM-330 6x2 rear-steer rigid, with air suspension on all axles, providing the ultimate comfort for drivers making deliveries to chip shops around London.
Rigids
Iveco has unveiled its Z Truck, a long-haul concept vehicle, at the IAA Show in Hanover (22-29 September).
Heavy Goods Vehicles
TomTom Telematics and Continental have teamed up to develop a system that allows fleet managers to remotely transfer data from a truck to the office, without the need for the vehicle to return to base.
Telematics
Scania created a gigantic clock comprising 14 trucks that for 24 hours starting on Tuesday 20 September – with its traditional event film now on a dedicated website at www.scaniaclock.com
Telematics
Cummins is unveiling a range of new technologies at the IAA Show (Hanover; 22-29 September), including high-efficiency turbocharger components and a mid-range fuel system that can deliver up to 8% fuel savings.
Engine/Transmission Management
Volvo Buses yesterday (21 September 2016) launched a pedestrian and cyclist detection system for buses, with the express aim of reducing the 1.25 million road traffic deaths worldwide per annum.
Bus & CoachEuropean policymakers must continue to adopt a whole-vehicle approach to reducing HGV emissions and not focus solely on engine-cycle limits.
Emissions Control