• Chinese electric trucks set for UK market entry

    Published On: Friday 21 February 2025

    2025 is likely to be the year of the Chinese truck as far as the UK is concerned. Yutong, which enjoys success in the British passenger transport market with 800 [...]

  • Scania rolls out range-extending generator for DHL electrics

    Published On: Thursday 20 February 2025

    Scania and DHL Group have announced the joint development of an electric truck with a fuel-powered generator, which the manufacturer says will help overcome challenges posed by the current lack [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]