Bus manufacturer Wrightbus is demonstrating the fuel-saving potential of a new kinetic recovery system (KERS) at the Low Carbon Vehicle event, which opens today (10 September) at Millbrook.
Engine/Transmission Management
ATS Euromaster has opened a new service centre in Wrexham, North Wales, which is equipped to support all vehicle types including cars, vans, trucks, industrial equipment and agricultural machinery.
Tyres & Retreads
More than 1,000 local authority vehicles, ranging from buses to fire engines, should improve their green credentials, following transport minister Baroness Kramer's announcement of successful bidders for the £5 million Clean Vehicle Technology Fund.
Electric Vehicles
All professional bus, coach and truck drivers must have completed their first block of Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training by today (10 September 2014) to continue working.
Driver / People Management
Two new research projects aimed at driving low carbon vehicles technologies are to receive £6 million funding from the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council).
Alternative Fuels
Bellurgan, Dundalk-based Anchor Tours has taken delivery of a new Volvo three-axle, 13 metre B13R coach with the 9700 bodywork.
Bus & Coach
Halifax-based heavy haulage firm Collett Transport has taken delivery of a Mercedes 8x4 4155 tractor with 205-tonne/metre Effer 2055 crane, the largest of its kind in Europe.
Cranes
Commercial vehicle service and heavy plant firm Smiths Heavy Haulage has taken delivery of a Scania R620 8x4.
Tractor Units
Krone Trailers has awarded a contract to Fleet Solutions for trailer service and maintenance.
Trailers
A public demonstration of SulNOxEco Fuels new fuel emulsion technology on a 1959 Routemaster bus resulted in particulate matter emissions being reduced by 91% while NOx was cut by 60%, compared with the standard diesel engine.
Alternative Fuels
The new DAF XF Euro 6 has been voted 'Fleet Truck of the Year 2014' at the annual Export & Freight Transport & Logistics Awards in Belfast.
Tractor Units
Robert Evans, chief executive of Cenex (the UK's first centre of excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies), is to deliver the keynote at this year's IRTE Conference on 17 September 2014, at the Hilton at St George's Park, Burton upon Trent.
Continuing Professional Development