• CV Show: Manheim to beam auction coverage live into NEC

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    Automotive services specialist Manheim will be offering its stand visitors a glimpse of the future. Using live streaming technology, the company will beam CV auctions live into the NEC from around its [...]

  • Welsh government rejects toll motorway reports

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    The Welsh government has rejected reports that a planned M4 relief road in south Wales could become the UK’s second toll motorway, as reported in two national newspapers yesterday. The [...]

  • France plans new tax on trucks

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    Toll-free trucking in France will end on 1 October, when a consortium including French state-owned rail operator SNCF will levy an average charge of €0.12/km on all trucks over 3.5 [...]

  • CV Show: Rozone to boost fleets’ battery management

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    As the UK partner of the Midtronics battery testing and charging programmes, Rozone will be showcasing its battery management techniques which it says have delivered significant savings for its customers [...]

  • Thousands of visitors expected at April’s CV Show

    Published On: Wednesday 27 March 2013

    Thousands of visitors are expected to descend on the NEC Birmingham from 9-11 April for this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show, which organisers say is the first event since 1988 with [...]

  • CV Show: Alfatronix launches PowerTector battery guard product

    Published On: Wednesday 27 March 2013

    Voltage conversion specialist Alfatronix will use the impending Commercial Vehicle Show to launch its new solid state battery guard low voltage disconnect product.  The PowerTector Battery Guard is a solid [...]

  • Volvo FMX construction truck to premiere at Bauma Munich

    Published On: Wednesday 27 March 2013

    Volvo Trucks has announced it will unveil its new FMX construction truck at the Bauma exhibition in Munich, at 3pm on Monday 15 April. Volvo Trucks president Claes Nilsson said: [...]

  • C&H puts pen to paper in 40-truck New Actros deal

    Published On: Tuesday 26 March 2013

    Paper haulier and distributor C&H (Hauliers) Ltd has invested in 40 Mercedes-Benz tractor units and 34 high-volume SDC curtainside trailers, in a £4m fleet overhaul. The trucks were supplied by [...]

  • Pullman deploys Eclipse Jaltest kit to streamline fault diagnosis

    Published On: Friday 22 March 2013

    Pullman Fleet Services, the maintenance and repair arm of distribution giant Wincanton, has invested in diagnostic equipment from Eclipse Automotive Technology for its national network of 32 service centres. Pullman [...]