Electric commercial vehicles supplier ePower Trucks (part of Lift Safe) is expanding into new premises at the Hawksley Street Industrial Estate in Manchester, as it marks its 15th anniversary.
Electric Vehicles
Total commercial vehicle registrations were up for the ninth consecutive month in January, by 23% to 24,567 units, fuelled in part by something of a return to form by the truck market.
Sales Figures
DAF is now launching CF and XF 6x2 tractor units with a rear steering axle for applications needing maximum manoeuvrability – such as with construction and agricultural deliveries.
Tractor Units
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has announced that senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell FCILT is to be the organisation’s next president.
People
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has released details of the fourth-generation Caddy, which promises lower emissions, improved fuel performance and several new safety features.
Light Commercial Vehicles
London mayor Boris Johnson has today (6 February 2015) confirmed that Britain’s first Safer Lorry Scheme will go ahead in the capital on 1 September, as soon as all 600 warning signs are in place.
Road Legal
Construction sector operator Jonathan Hardy Contractors has taken delivery of an 18-tonne Volvo FE 4x2 tipper – the first truck in Wales to be equipped with I-Shift automated transmission, which the operator describes as “second to none”.
Rigids
Commercial vehicle hire business Axis Fleet Management has placed a £13 million order with MAN Truck & Bus UK for 200 Euro 6 tractor units.
Tractor Units
Home delivery courier business Hermes has awarded two major contracts for vehicle additions to its fleet and to extend its tyre service agreement.
Tyres & Retreads
Rail contractor Alan Blaylock Haulage has acquired a bespoke tri-axle step-frame trailer from Andover Trailers, which it is using to move rail plant weighing up to 33 tonnes to sites across the north of England.
Trailers
Ricardo-AEA has been selected, in partnership with E4tech, to deliver OLEV’s (Office for Low Emission Vehicles) hydrogen refuelling stations infrastructure grant scheme, which aims to support the roll out of a network for servicing fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).
Alternative Fuels
Essex Bulk Services says it has gained at least half a tonne in payload from each of its 12 TopUsed, quality-approved MAN TGX 26.440 6x2 tractor units.
Tractor Units