Trade groups call for action on ‘critical’ parking shortage
Published On: Tuesday 20 June 2023
Transport trade groups have called for urgent progress on planning reform to enable the construction of more roadside facilities for truck operators, following the publication of the second part of [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]