DAF Trucks has released details of a New Generation DAF XB truck series, featuring a line-up of distribution and vocational vehicles from 7.5- to 19-tonnes GVW.
Rigids
Commercial vehicle specialist MV Commercial has appointed Anwaar Khan as general manager of its Luton depot under plans to grow the company’s UK footprint.
The Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) has joined other global association leaders to support the global Right to Repair movement by signing the new right-to-repair position statement.
Nottinghamshire-based municipal vehicle supplier Elite Refuse has exchanged its legacy Totalkare lifts for a set of T8AC cabled mobile column lifts.
Leeds-based insurance broker McCarron Coates has launched its RTC Crisis Line to help protect the drivers and finances of its fleet transport clients.
Cheshire-based Boughey Distribution has taken delivery of its first electric vehicle (EV), the Volvo FE Electric, which is now operating within its Palletline fleet.
Electric Vehicles
ALLMI has continued to expand its Guidance Notes series with the publication of ‘GN034 Tipper Grab Supplementary Instructions’.
Fleet insurance broker McCarron Coates is urging haulage operators not to push their claims into the 300% club by waiting more than 25 days to report them.
The automotive industry’s gallop towards ‘doing its bit’ to meet CO2 emissions targets by 2030 has seen the launch of a unique rapid charging system for battery-electric heavy commercials. Peter Shakespeare provides an update on the megawatt charging system
With a coach repower project, Equipmake has entered what might be the final frontier for vehicle electrification, finds Will Dalrymple
Cut your fleet’s fuel consumption and you shrink your CO2 footprint, reduce emissions of NOx, particulates and other unpleasant pollutants, and save money into the bargain. What’s not to like, asks Steve Banner
Hydrogen fuel cell trucks are practical working tools as well as being environmentally friendly. But they don’t come cheap, concludes Austria-based global logistics giant Gebrüder Weiss, which is operating a Hyundai XCIENT in Switzerland. Steve Banner reports