To minimise waste and increase efficiency, skip hire and waste recycler Glynn’s uses The Driver Handbook app and content management system (TDHConnect) to significantly reduce its paper and ink usage for staff communications.
Driver / People Management
With legal stipulations governing winter equipment on trucks and buses differing across many European countries, Continental has released an updated country-by-country guide listing seasonal tyre regulations as required across Europe.
Tyres & Retreads
A DVSA investigation has led to the barring of a Norfolk coach company whose director was on duty for 24 hours straight, including a school run and rail replacement bus service, when required by law to take a nine-hour rest.
Road Legal
Lincoln-based P. C. Coaches has taken delivery of the UK's first Scania Fencer bus. Handed over at a special ceremony at Scania's UK headquarters and customer support centre in Milton Keynes, the vehicle is the Fencer f1 demonstrator which featured in the global launch of the Fencer range, which was staged in the UK in May of this year. The vehicle will now enter service on P. C. Coaches' fare stage operations within Lincolnshire.
Bus & Coach
The bus features a British-built electric powertrain designed and developed at Equipmake’s purpose-built facility in Norfolk, with the body produced by Beulas in Girona, Spain. Testing of Jewel E begins in the October-December 2021 period, with the first vehicles expected to start in-service trials after January 2022.
Electric Vehicles
Mercedes-Benz Trucks has launched two new tractor models, the Actros F for economy and Actros L for premium. In addition, it has provided an update on its plans for battery-electric vehicles.
Road Safety
With its new remote diagnostics service, Bosch can now offer all workshops, bodywork shops, and vehicle glass specialists a solution for complicated servicing tasks as well.
Diagnostic Equipment
Express parcel delivery specialist DPD is introducing 250 Tiger trailers to its UK logistics fleet during 2021, with the orders from the Cheshire manufacturer split into two product types.
Trailers
Sir Robert McAlpine, a UK building and civil engineering company, began stipulating FORS accreditation as a requirement for all vehicles entering its sites back in 2012. In 2020, its own fleet was accredited at FORS Gold.
FORS
Scania has launched a 13-litre gas engine that can run on natural gas and on biogas – regardless if the gas is in compressed or liquified form – as well as new tank options. The new engine enables travel operators to take huge steps towards sustainability, the company says.
An 18 tonne D Wide Z.E. rigid is joining Renault’s full-electric 16 tonne D Z.E. and 26t D Wide Z.E. models. The manufacturer is also offering a wider range of wheelbases and special connectivity for refrigerated bodies.
Electric Vehicles
ZF Aftermarket has launched a number of products at the Automechanika 2021 event in Frankfurt, Germany.
Vehicle Parts