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01/06/2011
Volvo has successfully crash tested it FE Hybrid truck, paying particular attention to potential vulnerabilities on its 578kg battery pack.
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31/05/2011
Completion of a project to convert Optare Solos to run on in dual-fuel mode, with diesel and bio-methane, sees 11 of green buses entering service in Lincoln.
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31/05/2011
Fogarty has taken delivery of two Actros 1841 Lo-liner rigids, equipped for drawbar operation and matched to trailers having Don-Bur demountable box bodies.
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31/05/2011
Toyota dealership Swinford Motors' new Dyson Hydraloader 3000La two-car transporter has a 3,000kg capacity low approach sliding bed, mounted on a 5.0-tonne Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 518CDI chassis.
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31/05/2011
Bridgestone Europe will demonstrate its new TPMS (tyre pressure monitoring system) for commercial vehicles at the eSafety Challenge 2011, near Vienna, today (31 May).
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27/05/2011
Hyva tipping cylinders are now standard equipment on all STAS tipping trailers supplied in the UK –m chosen for their "significant advantages".
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27/05/2011
Highland Galvanizers & Colour Coaters, in Scotland, has teamed up with bodybuilder Gray & Adams to pioneer a trailer chassis design that fights corrosion.
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27/05/2011
21st Century Logistics, the operating company of the trucking firm Dodds Group, has taken delivery of five new MAN TGX 26.440BLS 6x2 mid-lift tractor units, as part of its replacement cycle.
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27/05/2011
Mike Penning, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, will be addressing the Freight Transport Association's Logistics Carbon Reduction Conference next month, on the subject of freight and greenhouse gas reduction.
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26/05/2011
Iveco and FPT Industrial say they are ready to meet Euro 6 emissions regulations for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, using SCR (selective catalytic reduction) alone.
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26/05/2011
Heavy duty, dual-fuel methane and diesel engine conversion systems developer Clean Air Power has launched a dual fuel Volvo FM13 Euro 5 in Australia.
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26/05/2011
Cold storage and transport firm Rick Bestwick has taken delivery of five new Montracon trailers fitted with Carrier Transicold's Vector 1550 refrigeration units to improve its operations and cut costs.
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25/05/2011
Already having a controlling stake in Scania, Volkswagen has increased its holdings in ordinary shares in MAN from 29.9% to 30.47%, so triggering a mandatory offer to all MAN shareholders for their shares.
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25/05/2011
In a UK first, Bedfords Transport has bought two Iveco EcoStralis tractor units to run on behalf of its recent acquisition, LinQ Alliance.
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25/05/2011
So impressed was United Biscuits with its first Mercedes-Benz Axor tractor units that, when the time came to replace them, it replace them with more of the same.
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25/05/2011
Ziegler Group has selected the Trimble CarCube fleet management system for its fleet of 2,000 heavy goods vehicles that operate across Europe.
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24/05/2011
Vehicle engineering and test specialist MIRA has attracted the attention of government, with its plans to become the most advanced, independent transport technology facility in Europe.
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24/05/2011
When Renault Truck Commercials launched a demonstration programme last December, with its Union Jack and Welsh flag-branded Premium Long Distance tractor units, one operator returned 11.13mpg over a week's driving.
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24/05/2011
A bespoke finance package on selected Fiat Professional vehicles is being offered to van and minibus owners and operators affected by next year's Low Emission Zone (LEZ) changes in London.
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24/05/2011
Stobart Biomass, the supplier of timber-based biomass fuel, has agreed terms for a long-term supply and logistics contract with West Cumbria's Iggesund Paperboard.
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23/05/2011
Vehicle lifting specialist Stertil Koni has been appointed as the exclusive UK distributor for the Pasquin range of manually-operated, air-hydraulic lifting jacks.
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23/05/2011
Designed as a simple cost saving tool for fleet managers and transport engineers, a website launched by Intellitec calculates the benefits of installing its battery guard system for your fleet.
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20/05/2011
Kevin Grundy, Grundy & Co Excavations' managing director, has revealed that quality support from Volvo Dealer Thomas Hardie Commercials was the main reason adding more Volvo content his tipper fleet.
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20/05/2011
In a trendy bid to help operators further reduce costs, emissions and fuel bills, MAN has launched an app for Apple's iPhone and iPad.
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20/05/2011
As part of a reorganisation of its businesses, Haldex has announced new company names for its commercial vehicle systems (CVS) and hydraulic systems divisions.
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