Now offered to industry, the apprenticeship programme at Arriva London develops new technicians and proves their competence with irtec. Over the last three years, this operator has also trained itself, reinforcing its own technical capabilities. Will Dalrymple visits
Apprenticeships
Predicting what the UK's winter weather will throw at us is, at best, precarious. Peter Shakespeare assembles some top tips for the forthcoming season
Wheel Alignment
If not a direct replacement to batteries, super-capacitors may offer complementary benefits, finds Steve Banner
Why is lithium-ion the best choice for batteries in hybrid and all-electric trucks and buses? And what technologies are coming in the future? JMBS’s chief electrochemist Allan Paterson explains the issues to Brian Weatherley
The parts aftermarket landscape is changing; some OEMs are taking on the factors and independent distributors with lower cost remanufactured and all-marques parts. Peter Shakespeare investigates
Brakes & Braking Systems
Electric bus maintenance requires entirely different skills than repairing buses fitted with internal combustion engines. John Challen learns how operators have tooled up
Personal Protective Equipment
The other day, a haulier friend was showing me some footage of a collision taken by his on-truck camera: a passenger car ran into the back of the lorry, and the footage showed the huge kick caused by the impact. Shocking stuff, and this was pretty tame as collisions go.
Road Safety
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Aerodynamics
Somerset-based haulier AJ Brunt has taken delivery of a new tri-axle step frame trailer from Andover Trailers – the latest order in a 20-year relationship, with AJ Brunt rating Andover’s bespoke build offer and “honest nuts and bolts engineering”.
Trailers
Hiab has announced the release of Hiab HiConnect, a ‘connected solution’ to give customers real-time data on its equipment.
Telematics
Aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete supplier Hanson UK is reporting “resounding success” from its trials of a DAF CF 6x2 mid-lift tractor with Muldoon trailer and McPhee mixer combination.
Concrete Mixers
London mayor Sadiq Khan wants the capital’s bus fleets to clean up their act, so more than half of the existing vehicles are being upgraded to Euro VI in an £86.1m Transport for London (TfL) retrofit programme. Steve Banner reports
Retrofits