Commercial vehicle rental business Truck Links is rolling out Verilocation’s vehicle tracking devices across its contract and spot hire fleet, to enable customers to access real-time driver and vehicle performance information.
Telematics
Federal-Mogul Powertrain has launched a high-strength diesel piston aluminium alloy claimed to allow shorter piston heights and more compact cylinder block designs, for reduced CO2 emissions.
Engines & Engine Parts
Online logistics platform Transport Exchange is now partnering with “10 of the leading telematics specialists” – enabling data from various vehicle tracking tools to be combined, and creating “the first system-neutral telematics integration platform”.
Telematics
Low-carbon commercial vehicle technology specialist Torotrak is urging bus and coach operators planning to buy hybrid vehicles to carefully research the engineering options before committing.
Alternative Fuels
Heavy-duty truck and plant tyre business Commercial Tyres Off Highway has taken delivery of a Mercedes-Benz Arocs, specially adapted to handle tyres and wheel assemblies weighing up to 2.5 tonnes.
Rigids
Haulage firm T Maxwell & Sons has marked its 40th anniversary with its first Euro 6 truck, a DAF XF 510 FTP Super Space Cab, which carries the firm’s original 1970s livery.
Rigids
Total commercial vehicle registrations accelerated in August, bringing the year-to-date figure to 255,849 – up by 19% on the same period last year.
Bus & Coach
Commercial vehicle manufacturer DAF announced this week that it is investing €100 million in a state-of-the-art paint shop for its cab factory in Westerlo, Belgium. Once completed, says DAF, it will be the most modern truck-cab paint shop in the world.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Recycling business EIS Waste is reporting improved efficiency and a reduction in vehicle damage since implementing Brigade’s cameras and recording kit across its 27-strong fleet.
Telematics
Nottinghamshire-based Whittaker Coachbuilders has delivered what is believed to be the first new-series Volvo FL horsebox in the UK, to private buyer Darren Price.
RigidsRobert Peel, who was among the pioneers of onboard data recorders for Surrey Police before his retirement, has joined MiX Telematics as project consultant for its national emergency services business.
People
Truck makers have spent billions on successive Euro emissions regulations, but how about alternative fuels? Ian Norwell visits Renault Trucks, in Lyon, to see where the smart money is going
Alternative Fuels