Volvo dumps manual gearboxes for I-Shift
Volvo Trucks will no longer offer manual gearboxes as an option on heavy trucks, as its I-Shift automated transmission has become almost universally accepted. The company said that less than […]
Industry renews call for ban on AdBlue cheats
Truck manufacturers have called for a Europe-wide ban on devices intended to bypass selective catalytic reduction (SCR) diesel emissions control systems, after it emerged that so-called AdBlue emulator devices had […]
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Euro 6 trucks far greener on NOx than diesel cars
The organisation that revealed the Volkswagen ‘emissionsgate’ scandal has given the Euro 6 heavy-duty diesel engines fitted to trucks and buses a clean bill of health as far as nitrogen […]
Renault launches retrofit anti-rollaway parking brake
A system designed to prevent drivers leaving the cab of their truck without applying the parking brake has been introduced by Renault Trucks UK. Dubbed Anti-Runaway Automated Park Brake (Anti-RAPB), […]
Traffic Commissioner posts warning on mobile phone use
Nick Jones, the traffic commissioner (TC) for the West Midlands and Wales, told the Freight Transport Association’s Transport Manager’s conference in Chepstow that he planned to do more about drivers […]
IAA truck roundup
The forthcoming tightening of Euro 6 requirements to Step C has spurred Europe’s heavy truck manufacturers to refine existing designs, and display them at the recent IAA Show in Germany. […]
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Scania goes flat-floor with ‘most important trucks ever’
Scania has launched its first all-new truck cabs in a more than a decade, and announced a renewed commitment to sustainable transport and renewable fuels. The S-series, with a flat […]
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Iveco claims double-digit fuel economy boost for New Stralis
Iveco has revamped its Stralis heavy truck range, with modifications that it says will make the trucks the most efficient and reliable of their kind. A double-digit percentage improvement in […]
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Disquiet over new mayor’s transport plans
The election of Labour’s Sadiq Khan as London mayor is already ruffling feathers within the road transport industry, if reaction to some of his policy announcements from sector representatives is […]
