The European Union has set targets for its member nations to increase the use of renewable energy, and increase energy efficiency by 27 per cent by 2030. This announcement throws [...]
Electric superchargers to offer affordable hybrid solution
Published On: Monday 27 October 2014
Electric superchargers as part of an affordable hybrid system for heavy-duty trucks and buses have come a step closer. Because they would be switched in and driven by an external [...]
Networked cameras mean rogue operators face being stopped on sight
Published On: Friday 24 October 2014
DVSA is to move towards more targeted enforcement as it seeks to help law-abiding operators with compliance and drive serious offenders, including those from abroad, out of business – according [...]
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has renewed its call for a three pence per litre reduction in fuel duty, to allow UK hauliers to better compete with European counterparts. “Road [...]
Large vans remain the most unroadworthy vehicles when presented for annual test, according to the latest figures from DVSA. These show that more than half (50.3 per cent) of all [...]
Headlamp aim remains top reason for vehicle test failure
Published On: Tuesday 21 October 2014
Trucks and passenger vehicles shared the same top three reasons for test failure: headlamp aim, lamps and brake system components – although all three of these were each in single [...]
Private vehicle test facilities still have higher pass rate
Published On: Tuesday 21 October 2014
Vehicles tested at privately-owned authorised testing facilities and designated premises still have a lower failure rate than those tested at stations operated by DVSA, according to the latest effectiveness report [...]
More women at the wheel ‘will address driver shortage’
Published On: Wednesday 15 October 2014
All-women-run haulage and logistics training provider NTP Services has launched a campaign to encourage more women to enter the industry, in a bid to help address the goods vehicle driver [...]
Goodyear: regulators should do more to drive industry’s future
Published On: Wednesday 15 October 2014
Tyre manufacturer Goodyear used its transport symposium in Brussels last month to launch a new white paper on the future of the industry, which made a range of recommendations to [...]
