Just two of the major European truck brands have secured long-term supplies of battery raw materials, according to campaign group Transport & Environ­ment (T&E), in a new report which gauges [...]

Trade bodies are reminding op­erators that the HGV levy is to make its return from 1 August, following its suspension during difficult trading times for hauli­ers amidst the Covid crisis, [...]

The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency is trialling a new ‘road to DVSA Earned Recognition’ pro­gramme, which is open to new HGV and PSV operators whose licence was issued in [...]

Both Logistics UK and the House of Commons transport committee have expressed disappointment at the government’s response to a call for clarity on its decarbonisa­tion strategy. The official response was [...]

Road Haulage Association man­aging director Richard Smith (pictured, right) explained to delegates at the Microlise Transport Conference that the fragmented nature of the transport industry meant op­erators could not be [...]

Mark Cartwright, head of commer­cial vehicle incident prevention at National Highways, explained the role of his fleet of so-called ‘cabs’ at the recent Microlise Transport Conference – tractor units oper­ated [...]

A cooperation between British electric truck manufacturer Tev­va and ZF has seen the German automotive giant’s electronic braking system (EBS) integrat­ed into the vehicles. The EBS blends the vehicle’s regenerative [...]

Operators looking to maximise payload on their 18-tonne rigids can save 600 kg by opting for a Cummins-built 6.7-litre engine in the DAF XD 4×2 chassis-cab in place of the [...]

The future of Great Britain’s traffic commissioners (TC) as regulators of the commercial road transport sector has been assured after a public consultation by the Depart­ment for Transport (DfT). In [...]