News

Morris Lubricants launches enhanced Ultralife range

Morris Lubricants has upgraded its Ultralife antifreeze coolants range, increasing its coverage to 169 manufacturers’s specifications and international standards.

Lubricants & Systems
News

Go-Ahead Group to recruit 850 apprentices

The Go-Ahead Group is aiming to recruit 850 apprentices during 2024 to train as bus drives, engineers and a variety of administration roles.

Apprenticeships
Features

Launching the eActros 600

Daimler Truck has launched the long-range Mercedes-Benz eActros twice in 18 months. After a prototype showing at IAA Transportation in Hanover in 2022, the production unit was unveiled outside Hamburg in October 2023, and Lucy Radley was there

Electric Vehicles
Features

All about hydrogen fuel

The COP28 summit’s recognition of the need to move away from fossil fuels is another setback for diesel. But hydrogen fuel could take over. Two different uses of the lightest element in the universe – fuel cells and combustion – are currently being developed in parallel, reports Will Dalrymple

Alternative Fuels
Training

Female perspective on IRTE Skills Challenge

The 2023 Skills Challenge’s DVSA inspection apprentice, and runner-up mechanical apprentice, explains why more females should enter the 2024 challenge

Apprenticeships
Features

Comment: Running on fumes

Two alternatives to diesel propulsion are profiled this month, both based on hydrogen (see p18). It’s exciting to see the arrival of promising candidates for decarbonisation of the heaviest HGVs, and these are just two of many R&D projects based around the carbon-free gas.

Alternative Fuels
Features

Trialling battery-electric rigids

The first overview of a two-year, £10m trial of 20 battery-electric 4x2 rigids emerged at the Cenex-LCV show at UTAC Millbrook in September, before the on-road demonstration officially finished that month, reports Will Dalrymple

Electric Vehicles
Features

Benefits of going electric at depots

Fleets may have reservations about making the switch to electric, but Ben Spencer discovers how this transition could yield benefits further down the line

Alternative Fuels
Features

Testing battery and hydrogen trucks

Ben Spencer learns more about four battery electric and hydrogen projects aiming to realise the potential of both options

Alternative Fuels
Features

Powering fridge engines

Some operators are moving to a single-engine solution to power the vehicle and chill the load, finds Steve Banner

Trailers
Features

Testing trailers

A rolling road test is an objective measure of the efficiency of a trailer's braking system. But operational compromises can catch out the unaware, reports Toby Clark

MOT Testing Equipment
Features

Irtec assessment tips

For technicians aiming for the top, here are some irtec assessment tips. By Richard Simpson

Apprenticeships