• MAN and Scania parent group gets market-ready with Traton rebrand

    Published On: Saturday 1 September 2018

    Volkswagen Group has announced that its commercial vehicle subsidiary, Volkswagen Truck & Bus – which comprises the Scania and MAN truck brands, as well as South American operation Volkswagen Caminhões [...]

  • Planners must consider truck parking in industrial areas

    Published On: Wednesday 29 August 2018

    Planners should consider truck parking facilities before approving planning applications for industrial sites, the government has said. New guidelines included in the latest updated National Planning Policy Framework by the [...]

  • FTA airs concern over London borough ‘HGV ban’

    Published On: Thursday 23 August 2018

    A so-called ultra-low emission vehicle (UVEV) zone introduced by the London Borough of Hackney on 3 September amounts to an effective ban on trucks, according to the Freight Transport Association. [...]

  • AdBlue abuses highlighted in TCs’ report

    Published On: Sunday 19 August 2018

    The traffic commissioners’ (TCs) annual report to the transport secretary for 2017-18 has highlighted the use of illegal AdBlue emulators as a “fashionable” issue that had drawn particular attention from [...]

  • Cummins unveils new turbo and emissions technology

    Published On: Friday 17 August 2018

    Transport Operator paid a visit in August to the UK headquarters of Cummins Turbo Technologies in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, to catch a first glimpse of key new turbo and emissions [...]

  • Nottingham drops proposed clean air zone

    Published On: Friday 10 August 2018

    Plans for a clean air zone in Nottingham have been abandoned, as the city’s air quality is being sufficiently improved by existing measures to meet the required standard by 2020. [...]

  • 6-tonne Master to take on conventional 7.5-tonners

    Published On: Sunday 5 August 2018

    Renault Trucks has introduced an innovative new contender into the 3.5-7.5-tonne GVW sector: a 6×2 version of the front-wheel drive Master chassis-cab. Constructed using a wide-track low-height chassis with an [...]

  • RAM Tracking: over half of fleets plan expansion despite Brexit

    Published On: Friday 3 August 2018

    Well over half of fleet managers in the UK are shrugging off market concerns and planning to expand over the next twelve months, according to a survey coordinated by vehicle [...]

  • Mercedes outlines future truck fuel strategy

    Published On: Wednesday 1 August 2018

    Mercedes-Benz has abandoned hybrid truck drivelines in favour of efficient diesels and all-electric vehicles, according to Stefan Buchner, the head of the manufacturer’s truck division. Speaking at a pre-IAA Show [...]