Mahle Powertrain has been awarded £2.1m towards the construction of a climatic vehicle emissions test centre at its UK base in Northampton.
Emissions Control
Birds'-eye camera footage taken from an edited bus journey
Road Safety
The front passenger seatbelt stalk may become deformed. This may weaken the stalk cables and may not act as intended in the event of a collision. On affected vehicles, users should check condition of affected belt stalks, and where necessary replace stalk and fit additional cover. Vehicle ID: WDB9560012V241265 to WDB9564332V247353.
The rear spring seat bases may develop cracks that could cause the seat base or bases to fail, and the spring(s) may detach. Vehicle ID: WDB9061312N672572 to WDB9061312N699159; WDB9061332N673108 to WDB9061332N699079; WDB9061352N673108 to WDB9061352N693964; WDB9061331N672860 to WDB9061331N699171.
Recalls
A round-up of job changes and charity events in the CV and PSV world.
People
As part of a fleet modernisation, Durham-based haulier BM Stafford has purchased six new MAN TGX 26.460 Euro 6C 6x2 tractors, which continue the company’s ethos of running vehicles that have the lowest impact on the environment.
A new oil from Fuchs has been approved by Scania for its trucks, with its promise to double the service life of the diesel particulate filter.
Lubricants & Systems
Retailer Sports Direct is taking delivery of nine new drawbar rigs from Tiger Trailers, part of its latest order which also includes six tandem-axle trailers and two double-deck trailers.
Trailers
Rail freight operator Freightliner has boosted its road services fleet with the delivery of six new MAN TGX tractors.
Tractor Units
Cenex and Leeds City Council are collaborating with the Transport Systems Catapult, Earthsense, Dynniq, and Tevva Motors in Project ACCRA, in which Smart City technology applications demonstrate real-time emissions control by using live air quality data to trigger electric hybrid engines to automatically switch to zero-emission running in heavily polluted areas.
Electric Vehicles
Bus and coach hire company Prentice Coaches says Sentinel Systems’ cameras and recording devices are “far more advanced” than others it has used, after fitting the system to two of its vehicles.
Telematics
Masternaut has launched a new device, the M300, which can easily be fitted to short-term hire vehicles so eliminating installation costs.
Telematics