Half of the tyre pressures measured by WheelRight at last month’s Commercial Vehicle Show were more than 10% below correct levels.
Tyres & Retreads
Wrightbus is extending its Electrocity range, giving bus operators more choice on fuel/power type to suit their requirements.
Electric Vehicles
Engineers from Thatcham came to the rescue of automotive industry charity BEN recently, when its Peugeot Boxer van needed repairing.
Bodies & Bodywork
Derbyshire-based catering butcher Price and Fretwell says it has seen improved driver behaviour across its fleet, since deploying what it describes as Masternaut’s next-generation telematics solution.
Telematics
Independent Glass is taking delivery of two new Euro 6 DAF XF 460 Space Cab tractor units on contract hire from Ryder – in its 25th year as a Ryder customer in Scotland.
Tractor Units
An advanced fuel regulation module – said to be the industry’s first fully integrated CNG (compressed natural gas) flow control and regulation system for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles – has been launched by Parker Hannifin.
Alternative Fuels
TIP Trailer Services’ FleetCare maintenance scheme has now exceeded 20,000 third-party assets now registered for contract maintenance across Europe.
Workshop Management Systems
Nagel Langdons says it is extending the tyre replacement intervals on its four 14.6m LSTs (longer semi-trailers) by more than 80,000 km, after moving onto Michelin’s new X Multi T trailer tyres.
Tyres & Retreads
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MAN TGX EfficientLine 2 long-haul trucks are now being equipped with Continental EcoPlus tyres, part of its Generation 3 truck tyre range, as standard fitment.
Tyres & Retreads
Reading Buses is today (19 May 2015) attempting to break the world land speed record for a gas-powered service bus, using the famous high-speed circuit at Millbrook
Alternative Fuels
Sentinel Secure Airport Parking, operating at Leeds Bradford International Airport, has added an Optare MetroCity to its transfer bus fleet to transport passengers between the car park and airport terminal.
Bus & Coach