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Driver / People Management
UTAC CERAM Millbrook has officially opened its new four-wheel drive VTEC (variable temperature emissions chamber) facility, allowing truck engineers to conduct a wider range of powertrain tests on larger vehicles than before. (The new name reflects the operation's new corporate structure; Millbrook Proving Ground merged with French group UTAC CERAM at the end of 2020).
Road Tests
German brake manufacturer Knorr-Bremse has signed a continuation brake supply contract for series production of braking systems and air treatment systems for an unnamed global truck OEM’s European heavy-duty and medium-duty platforms.
Brakes & Braking Systems
The Health and Safety Executive has published an alert warning that users of hazardous goods tanks should visually inspect the pressure/vacuum relief valves fitted to tank containers and road tankers. The inspection should establish if there have been any unauthorised modifications made to the valve, particularly items added to the valve to allow for easier dismantling.
Tankers
The virtual panel discussion, entitled ‘Leading through change’, brings together experts working from business, legal, consultancy and engineering, to address some of the issues they faced and the solutions they have found.
Driver / People Management
The safety of motorists and members of their own highways team was uppermost in the minds of Cardiff Council procurement chiefs when they ordered two new Mercedes-Benz trucks to help traffic flow smoothly in and around the city.
Municipal Vehicles
Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BYD UK jointly announced today that their electric vehicle partnership has taken firm orders from Stagecoach for 46 full-electric buses.
Electric Vehicles
North Powys-based family business, R. Keith Price Haulage Limited, has taken delivery of its first Renault Truck, a C380 6x4 with day cab and 7m McPhee mixer drum.
Rigids
Irish waste recovery specialist RiverRidge has invested in an integrated vehicle camera and telematics solution to maximise driver safety and compliance, while mitigating insurance risk on non-fault accidents.
Telematics
A new water recycling system designed by commercial wash equipment manufacturer Smith Bros & Webb (SBW), trading as Britannia, reduces water usage in vehicle washes.
Vehicle Washing Equipment
Having taken delivery of new, higher capacity LSTs (longer semi-trailers) in August 2020, Primark has rolled out a fleet of new natural gas-powered trucks for its UK transport operations.
Alternative Fuels
Meritor, Danfoss Editron and Electra Commercial Vehicles have won funding from the Advanced Propulsion Centre’s (APC) Core Competition Programme to partially fund the design and development of Meritor’s 17Xe electric powertrain system for heavy-duty electric trucks and buses equipped with a single drive axle, in their EPIC (electric powertrain integration for heavy commercial vehicles) project.
Axles