The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is to stop issuing printed MOT test pass certificates for HGVs and PSVs from 29 April. Instead, annual test pass certificates will be [...]
Kent’s Ashford International Truckstop, one of the largest truckstops in Europe, has been acquired by bp pulse: the oil giant’s electric vehicle charging arm. bp pulse says the purchase is [...]
Traton subsidiary MAN has announced that it will open a Europe-wide network of battery repair centres for its electric commercial vehicles. Two existing centres, situated in Germany and Spain, will [...]
McCarron Coates, the specialist transport insurance broker, has urged operators of HGVs to plan ahead as regards Driver CPC training, as a major deadline looms. The forthcoming five-yearly training deadline [...]
Warning over tacho retrofit ‘bottleneck’ this year
Published On: Friday 1 March 2024
Tachograph experts have advised UK fleets with heavy vehicles that are driven abroad, but which are currently not fitted with ‘smart’ tachographs, to book in their retrofits of second-generation smart [...]
Stellantis, the parent company of Vauxhall, will produce limited numbers of electric vans at its Luton factory from 2025. Medium-size vans will be produced for all five of the Stellantis [...]
Volvo goes aero, and launches Europe’s most powerful truck engine
Published On: Monday 26 February 2024
Volvo is the latest truck manufacturer to take advantage of EU dimensions regulatory reform to introduce a new truck range with a more aerodynamic and spacious cab. It has also [...]
Hoyer, the German company which is said to be the world leader in liquids logistics, is refreshing its tractor fleet with an intake of 165 DAF XG 480 4×2 units [...]
UK registrations of new HGVs rose by 13.5 per cent in 2023, according to recently released figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), representing a growth in [...]
