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CV Show review: passenger vehicles
May 5, 2019 · No comments

We report from this month’s Commercial Vehicle Show on some of the passenger-carrying vehicles on display MAN’s position in the British passenger transport market could be on the...

CV Show review: LCV roundup
May 4, 2019 · No comments

Steve Banner reports on the LCV offering at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show Electric versions of Citroën’s Relay and Peugeot’s Boxer made their global debuts at this year’s...

Highways England in tyre safety trial
May 1, 2019 · No comments

Highways England, the body responsible for England’s motorways and major A roads, is undertaking live technology trials which it says could help reduce CV tyre failures by 75...

Interview with Göran Nyberg of MAN Truck & Bus
April 30, 2019 · No comments

Richard Simpson caught up with Göran Nyberg, executive board member for sales and marketing at MAN Truck & Bus, to discuss the manufacturer’s transition to sustainable transport Göran...

Allison launches electric drive axle for trucks
April 25, 2019 · No comments

An integrated electrical drive-axle for trucks has been launched by Allison Transmission. The new AXE Series is claimed to be one of the most powerful e-axle systems for...

DVSA launches new recall checking service
April 24, 2019 · No comments

Truck, bus, coach and trailer operators can now benefit from an online service that allows them to check for vehicle recalls, launched by the Driver & Vehicle Standards...

ZF to take control of Wabco
April 23, 2019 · No comments

Two of the oldest and most respected names in the heavy vehicle tier one supplier market are to merge, with the takeover of Wabco by ZF in a...

New axles bring flexibility to DAF’s rigid range
April 20, 2019 · No comments

Paccar subsidiary DAF has expanded its rigid truck range with new axle options. British interest will be centred upon the SR1132T, a 19-tonne tandem-drive bogie with single-reduction, leaf-spring...

Reprieve for international operators as Brexit postponed again
April 16, 2019 · No comments

Commentators had all but given up predicting where the Brexit process would take Britain next as Transport Operator’s print edition closed for press in early April. By the...