• Hydrogen truck engine project fires up in Northampton

    Published On: Wednesday 19 February 2025

    The testing phase of a government-funded project that will drive hydrogen fuel use in existing heavy-duty truck engines has begun. Project Cavendish, a £9.8m government-funded programme facilitated by the Advanced […]

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  • Trade groups welcome roads pledges in chancellor’s speech

    Published On: Friday 31 January 2025

    Transport trade associations have praised the recognition of the importance of major road improvements by the chancellor Rachel Reeves in a speech earlier this week. The chancellor used a visit […]

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  • DVSA bodycams now mandatory

    Published On: Wednesday 29 January 2025

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced that it is now mandating body-worn cameras for its traffic and vehicle examiners, enforcement support officers and enforcement managers. Bodycams must […]

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  • Greater Manchester charging CAZ shelved

    Published On: Friday 24 January 2025

    Thousands of clean air zone (CAZ) signs installed around Greater Manchester are now set to be removed, following the government’s announcement that it has accepted alternative plans to improve air […]

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  • RHA: rework Schengen driver travel rules

    Published On: Tuesday 21 January 2025

    The Road Haulage Association has issued a fresh call for a fair­er deal for truck and coach drivers and their employers operating in Europe, through reform of current travel restrictions […]

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  • DAF homes in on hydrogen amidst EV expansion hurdles

    Published On: Monday 20 January 2025

    DAF Trucks sees hydrogen as a promising niche fuel for trucks in a post-diesel age, and its parent company Paccar is working on fuel cell and combustion tech­nologies on both […]

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  • FSEW replaces last diesel trucks with CNG

    Published On: Friday 17 January 2025

    Cardiff haulier FSEW has re­placed its last diesel-powered trucks with six new Iveco S-Ways fuelled with compressed natu­ral gas (CNG). The arrival of the new trucks marks the final step […]

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  • Buffaload to produce own gas for expanded truck fleet

    Published On: Friday 17 January 2025

    Three-hundred truck strong oper­ator Buffaload intends to become self-sufficient in fuel by producing its own bio-LNG (liquefied natural gas) from an in-house methane digester. The Huntingdon operator announced the plans […]

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  • Amazon places mammoth Merc electric truck order

    Published On: Friday 17 January 2025

    Online retail giant Amazon has or­dered over 200 battery-electric trucks: choosing the Mercedes- Benz eActros 600. This is the larg­est order for electric trucks in the history of both Mercedes-Benz […]

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