DAF Trucks has launched its ‘DAF Connect App’ to optimise driving behaviour via the driver’s mobile phone.
Driver / People Management
Dairy cooperative Arla is transforming cow manure from its farms into vehicle fuel in a three-month trial.
Alternative Fuels
Renault Trucks UK and Ireland has announced the expansion of its dealer network with the opening of a new service point in Launceston, Cornwall.
Dealerships
The first unit of a fleet of 15 hydrogen-powered double decker buses has been shown off before beginning service in the Scottish city in October 2020.
Electric Vehicles
Oxfordshire-based Southern Plant & Tool Hire has taken delivery of a new 32-tonne rigid truck featuring a bespoke plant body from Andover Trailers, strengthening a relationship between the two companies that stretches back more than two decades.
Flatbed
Bakery brand Warburtons is introducing the first Renault Trucks D Z.E. 16t. Equipped with box body with rear side door and tail lift by PPS Commercials, this distribution model will join Warburtons secondary bread fleet carrying around six tonnes of bread and bakery products to multiple locations around London using only battery power.
Electric Vehicles
The S-WAY, which launched in Europe last year, takes connectivity to a new level through its Connectivity Box, while complying with Euro 6D/Temp emissions standards.
Tractor Units
HELLA is adding Hengst’s commercial vehicle filters to its existing product portfolio.
Lubricants & Systems
Renault Trucks is adopting the augmented reality Optiview Remote Expert Solution across all its 71 dealers in the UK and Ireland.
Workshop
Building on its recent acquisition of WABCO, ZF has announced a number of developments in vehicle automation and digital connectivity in a digital press conference.
Couplings
A 5.0-tonne GVM (gross vehicle mass; maximum rigid weight) Ford Transit derivative for panel van or chassis cab configurations will be available at Ford dealers from late November 2020.
Chassis Cabs
VMS Fleet Management announces the launch of what it calls the first full-electric traffic management truck, the L3H1 vehicle, based on a Renault Truck Master Z.E. chassis cab, currently on long-term rental with Kier Group.
Electric Vehicles