HL Perfitt has replaced its Isuzu truck with a 7.5-tonne tipper to transport heavy memorials, headstones, and kitchen worktops to customers in the south of England.
Tippers
Mercedes-Benz and electric van supplier Rivian have signed a memorandum of understanding for a strategic partnership and joint production of electric vans.
Electric Vehicles
Yorkshire-based C&S Transport is using a FH 460 with a HIAB X-HiPro 1058 E-8 crane supplied by MV Commercial said to improve its lifting capacities.
Cranes
RL Automotive has introduced a tyre management platform with a range of monitoring systems. AutoAlign, recently launched in the UK, following a £2m/24-month development project and part-funded by UK’s Clean Air Programme. It is a dynamic real-time vehicle monitoring module designed to combat the problem of wheel misalignment.
Wheel Alignment
O'Donovan Waste Disposal is to switch to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), a renewable fuel that is said to eliminate up to 90% of net carbon dioxide emissions.
Alternative Fuels
Electra Commercial Vehicles has demonstrated live, 10-minute refuelling of its 19-tonne hydrogen fuel cell temperature-controlled HGV at Teesside on 31 August.
Alternative Fuels
Henderson Foodservice, an Ireland-based foodservice provider, is investing £1.9 million to bring 18 Renault Trucks into its fleet.
Truck Efficiency
Transdev Blazefield is rolling out a digital system in the UK. Supplied by Freeway, the system connects 700 mobile devices and a series of operational and management systems to provide a centralised control of a fleet of 550 buses, maintained at eight locations across the north of England.
Bus & Coach
Nutrition company Harbro is using a rigid drawbar unit with a close-coupled three-axle trailer and two IVECO S-Way mid-lift tractor units to deliver animal feeds across Scotland.
Trailers
Fleet Service Limited (FSL) of Preston has delivered a repurposed humanitarian aid truck that will provide protected transport for the movement of displaced people within Ukraine.
Rigids
On 1 September, Mercedes-Benz dealer Rygor Commercials welcomed its 2022 apprentice cohort to a bespoke induction day held at its flagship Gloucester branch.
Apprenticeships
Odyssey battery will launch a commercial vehicle starting battery with a built-in monitoring system at Automechanika in Frankfurt (13 - 17 September).
Battery Technology