At the recent Microlise Transport Conference, Chris Welch, managing director of Welch Transport, was interviewed by Georgie Green in the Transport Engineer Studio.
Environment
Project Jolt launched on 26 March and seeks to establish whether electric road freight transport, and in particular 44t, electric trucks (eHGVs), can become commercially viable.
Vehicles
Following an initial delivery of a New Generation DAF XD 450 8x4 with Boughton hook-loader body, Grundon Waste Management has said that the DAF XD product range has all the attributes to future-proof its business to 2030 and beyond.
Vehicles
Dawsongroup vans has unveiled a flagship clean energy fleet electrification facility at Dawson Road, Milton Keynes developed by E-fleet solutions provider VEV.
Vehicles
Alexander Dennis has taken a firm order from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority for 58 next-generation Enviro400EV zero-emission buses.
Vehicles
Leeds City Council has taken a major step towards cleaner, greener refuse collection by adding the first three battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eEconic trucks to its fleet.
Vehicles
Warehousing and distribution business Debach has added a new Volvo FE Electric to its busy operation. The company’s first electric truck replaces a similar diesel unit, instantly cutting carbon emissions in a 40-strong commercial vehicle fleet.
Vehicles
The government’s Go Ultra Low initiative is soon likely to nudge fleets in the direction of adopting electric vehicles.
Electric Vehicles
A move to low and zero-emission vehicles as “a colossal opportunity for Britain to play a leading part in an industrial revolution”.
Alternative Fuels
Nearly half of ‘experts’ expect their next car to be a battery electric (BEV) or plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicle – but that figure falls to 1% considering PHEVs and 1% BEVs, plus 7% conventional hybrids across the UK’s population.
Alternative Fuels
British Gas has invested in a pair of fully-electric Mercedes-Benz Vito E-Cell Traveliner people carriers for employees to travel emissions-free between offices around west London.
Electric Vehicles