• New eCanter production begins in Europe

    Published On: Saturday 17 June 2023

    Daimler Trucks has begun pro­duction of its new battery-electric Fuso eCanter truck in Tramagal, Portugal. Revealed at the IAA Show last year, the new eCanter differs from its predecessor in [...]

  • Conference hears data is ‘key to decarbonisation’

    Published On: Saturday 17 June 2023

    Gathering and analysing data is the key to decarbonising the UK freight sector, Michael Ayres, managing director of Flexible Power Systems (pictured, right), told the Microlise Transport Conference in Coventry. [...]

  • Logistics UK backs annual test changes

    Published On: Friday 16 June 2023

    Trade body Logistics UK has said it supports proposals to allow fleets participating in DVSA’s Earned Recognition scheme to either carry out their own annual testing on heavy vehicles and [...]

  • Peers quiz DfT on HGV charging infrastructure

    Published On: Monday 12 June 2023

    Members of the House of Lords questioned the government last month on its strategy for charging and refuelling infrastructure to facilitate the uptake of zero-emission trucks. The Lords debate on [...]

  • ACEA warns of Euro 7 manufacture cost hike

    Published On: Wednesday 7 June 2023

    Introducing Euro 7 emissions standards will raise the per-ve­hicle cost of manufacturing a new truck or bus by nearly €12,000, according to an inde­pendent study commissioned by the European vehicle [...]

  • Longer semi-trailer changes now in force

    Published On: Monday 5 June 2023

    Statutory changes are now in force which broaden the scope for HGV operators to use longer semi-trailers (LSTs) on Great Brit­ain’s roads, following an announcement by the government in May. [...]

  • RHA calls for clarity on NI customs changes

    Published On: Sunday 4 June 2023

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) last month called for gov­ernment to meet with hauliers to provide clarity on the Windsor Framework, which was agreed by UK and EU negotiators earlier [...]

  • Electrolysis at point of generation ‘key to cheap hydrogen’

    Published On: Friday 2 June 2023

    The key to hydrogen’s success as a road fuel lies in producing it using surplus renewable electricity at the point of generation, according to David Telford, chief scientific officer of [...]

  • Autonomous bus project welcomes first passengers

    Published On: Thursday 1 June 2023

    The CAVForth self-driving bus project launched its first sched­uled passenger services last month, via a fleet of five Alexan­der Dennis Enviro200AV auton­omous buses, in what was said to be a [...]