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CV development funding helps drive zero-emissions future
April 13, 2021 · No comments

A project to develop electric propulsion systems for HGVs will receive the largest portion of a newly announced £54 million government and industry funding package for the development...

MAN of the moment
April 9, 2021 · No comments

In an exclusive interview with Transport Operator, MAN Truck & Bus UK managing director Thomas Hemmerich spoke to Richard Simpson about the truck industry’s recovery from Covid’s impact,...

Cummins engines to displace medium-duty Mercs
April 5, 2021 · No comments

Daimler Truck is to end production of its medium-duty engines, which are to be replaced with Cummins designs to be produced within the Mercedes-Benz Mannheim campus in Germany...

RHA warns of further Ireland freight turmoil
April 3, 2021 · No comments

The strain currently felt on goods movements between Great Britain and the Irish Republic following the end of the Brexit transition period could worsen following the lifting of...

Trade groups welcome fuel duty freeze
April 2, 2021 · No comments

Transport trade associations have praised the Treasury’s decision, announced in last month’s Budget, to continue its long-standing freeze on fuel duty. Alex Veitch, general manager of public policy...

New IR35 rules impact agency driver use
April 1, 2021 · No comments

Medium and large companies could now be liable for increased payroll costs if they have been using agency drivers engaged through a limited company, warns Claire Howarth of...

Renault Trucks details electrification plans
March 29, 2021 · No comments

Volvo Group subsidiary Renault Trucks has mapped out its route to 2040, and the phase-out of fossil fuels in the truck industry. Renault Trucks president Bruno Blin said...

End of the red diesel era for fridges
March 25, 2021 · No comments

Operators in the temperature-controlled sector should prepare now for the end of the red rebated duty diesel concession for fridge motors next year, warned Graham Usher, UK sales...

Cummins AdBlue dual-dosing system now on offer to OEMs
March 25, 2021 · No comments

Engine and exhaust aftertreatment manufacturer Cummins is to offer its innovative urea dual-dosing system to other OEMs after initial success in the latest iteration of the Scania V8...