Mandatory CO2 monitoring planned for heavy vehicles
Published On: Friday 13 June 2014
The European Commission (EC) has released a report laying out in detail its strategy to cut carbon emissions by heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) – the EC’s blanket term for trucks, buses [...]
Northern Ireland authorities not enforcing foreign lorry tax
Published On: Thursday 12 June 2014
Disagreement between Whitehall and Stormont has meant that the HGV Road User Levy is not being enforced by authorities in Northern Ireland, as the devolved administration attempts to negotiate further [...]
Details of upcoming changes to European tachograph legislation due to come into force in 2018 have been revealed by tachograph analysis and training specialist Tachodisc. The changes concern a procedure [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced the launch of a report said to help operators better understand their Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS), the mechanism DVSA uses [...]
DAF has returned to the heavy-haulage market with a full range of four-axle Euro 6 CF and XF-cabbed specialist vehicles, including, for the first time from DAF in the UK, [...]
Volvo has taken back the Euro 6 power crown from Scania with the arrival of the first of the new FH16 750 models on UK shores. The Swedish manufacturer displayed [...]
London ‘clobbers’ fleets with 17% congestion charge hike
Published On: Thursday 29 May 2014
Changes to the London Congestion Charge announced by Transport for London last month mean that businesses on the fleet scheme will face a 17 per cent hike from 16 June [...]
The next generation of truck engine designs will be focused on reduced fuel consumption rather than reducing toxic emissions much below the low levels already being achieved at Euro 6. [...]
Scania has become part of the Volkswagen family in a €6.7bn deal. The German automotive giant (which already owned the majority of Scania shares) increased its shareholding to 90.5 percent [...]
