Nearly one in three foreign trucks unroadworthy
Foreign trucks entering the UK are more likely to be overweight or have mechanical faults than British-registered vehicles, but their drivers are less likely to be in breach of drivers’ […]
Headlamp aim remains top reason for heavy vehicle test fails
Headlamp aim remained the top reason for trucks failing their annual tests in 2011-12, according to the latest report from VOSA, with nearly 11 per cent of HGVs presented for […]
Volvo middleweights launched
Volvo Trucks has revealed the Euro 6 versions of its FL and FE (pictured) middleweight trucks, with two new engines: the six-cylinder 7.7-litre D8K and the four-cylinder 5.1-litre D5K. The FE […]
No blame, no claim for health and safety from October
The days of businesses being held ‘strictly liable’ for accidents that take place on their premises even if they are unavoidable or not their fault are numbered, after changes to […]
This year’s road traffic is lower and slower
New government statistics show that UK road traffic has continued to fall, with the biggest reduction in vehicle miles coming from the heavy truck sector. Overall first-quarter vehicles miles are […]
Used trucks may be the future in Euro 6 aftermath
MAN Truck & Bus CEO Des Evans expects the emphasis in next year’s UK market to switch to used trucks, in spite of it having spent €1.6 billion on Euro […]
Driver shortage ‘brought to a head’ by Driver CPC
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) claims that the much-touted shortage of LGV drivers will be brought to a head by the Driver CPC in 2013/14. It said that category […]
Merc boss eyes van market
Mercedes-Benz’s UK commercial vehicle managing director Michael Kamper has a simple solution to what is widely seen as a difficult market for new trucks in the coming years: selling and […]
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Volvo puts hybrid truck on open sale
Operators of Volvo’s FE hybrid truck have been able to record fuel savings of between 15 and 20 per cent on urban delivery and refuse collection applications, the manufacturer reports. […]
