• Euro 7 proposals under fire from truck makers

    Published On: Wednesday 16 November 2022

    ACEA, the European automobile manufacturers’ association – whose members include the major continental commercial vehicle producers – has aired “serious concerns” about newly published European Commission (EC) proposals for a [...]

  • K2 boosts Kettering base with Totalkare kit

    Published On: Wednesday 16 November 2022

    Northamptonshire-based K2 Recovery, which provides vehicle recovery and workshop services for the Midlands and beyond, has upgraded its Kettering workshop with an electro-hydraulic two post lift, heavy duty four post [...]

  • Diesel Technic marks 50-year milestone

    Published On: Wednesday 16 November 2022

    Diesel Technic, one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive parts and accessories, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Founded in 1972 by Horst Lieberwirth and Erwin Naujoks, Diesel [...]

  • Turbine keeps testing with MAHA UK

    Published On: Wednesday 16 November 2022

    Suffolk Renault Trucks dealer Turbine Commercials has opted to invest in a brand new MBT 7250 Eurosystem brake tester from MAHA UK, after more than a decade of service from [...]

  • 100 Tiger curtainsiders for Maritime Transport

    Published On: Tuesday 15 November 2022

    Integrated road and rail solutions provider Maritime Transport recently turned to Tiger Trailers for its latest order of curtainsiders, which have entered service throughout the UK. The 13.6m Tiger curtainsiders [...]

  • Driving up road safety with AI

    Published On: Tuesday 15 November 2022

    Greville Coe, managing director at Radius Telematics, explains how AI-powered technology can help avoid vulnerable road user fatalities The theme for Road Safety Week 2022, which kicked off on 14 [...]

  • Industry bosses set out roadmaps to net zero

    Published On: Monday 14 November 2022

    Top truck industry executives used the recent IAA Transportation show to lay out their routes to carbon-free road freight transport. It is clear that, while there is some consensus on [...]

  • Do electric vehicles need custom steering parts?

    Published On: Thursday 10 November 2022

    Kostas Poulios, principal design and development engineer at steering system manufacturer Pailton Engineering, discusses the pros and cons of optimising components for commercial vehicles The race to develop electric vehicles [...]

  • No commitment to ‘binding code’ on driver treatment

    Published On: Monday 7 November 2022

    The government has responded to a range of recommendations made in June by the House of Commons transport select committee in its report on the road freight supply chain – [...]