• Hydrogen funding expands horizons for H2Accelerate

    Published On: Sunday 19 March 2023

    Daimler Trucks, Volvo Group and Iveco’s H2Accelerate hydrogen collaboration has been confirmed funding for eight heavy-duty hydrogen filling stations from the Connecting Europe Facility, and a fleet of 150 hydrogen [...]

  • Accelera by Cummins to advance zero-emission transition

    Published On: Saturday 18 March 2023

    Cummins has launched a new brand for its non-diesel New Power business. Dubbed Accelera by Cummins, it is tasked with providing: “a di­verse portfolio of zero-emis­sions solutions for many of [...]

  • Proposed vehicle CO2 targets pose ‘enormous’ challenge

    Published On: Wednesday 15 March 2023

    The new, stricter carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions targets proposed last month by the European Commission for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) – trucks, buses and coaches – have prompted warnings from the [...]

  • Changes proposed for DVS Safe System

    Published On: Sunday 12 March 2023

    Transport for London is consulting on changes to the Direct Vision Standard (DVS) regulations that it imposes on heavy trucks entering the capital, which will introduce more stringent rules regarding [...]

  • UK new truck market on road to recovery

    Published On: Sunday 12 March 2023

    Last year saw the UK’s new heavy truck market begin to return to normal after worldwide disruptions from Covid lockdowns and component shortages. 40,716 vehicles over six tonnes GVW were [...]

  • JCB completes first hydrogen truck conversion

    Published On: Saturday 4 March 2023

    Construction and farm equipment manufacturer JCB has successfully installed its hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine in a 7.5-tonne Mercedes Atego truck. The retrofit was completed in just days, and one of [...]

  • DfT consults on Driver CPC reforms

    Published On: Thursday 2 March 2023

    The government has opened a consultation on proposals for reform of the Driver CPC (DCPC) qualification, following a review of the scheme in response to the driver shortage, which wrapped [...]

  • Trade groups welcome Northern Ireland agreement

    Published On: Wednesday 1 March 2023

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) and Logistics UK have both welcomed the deal reached between the UK government and the European Union earlier this week on the Northern Ireland Protocol, [...]

  • DAF LF Electric breaks cover at Brakes

    Published On: Wednesday 1 March 2023

    Food distributor Brakes has put its first DAF LF Electric truck on the road as parent company Sysco seeks to end the acquisition of diesel trucks by 2030. Sysco expects [...]