Top truck industry executives used the recent IAA Transportation show to lay out their routes to carbon-free road freight transport. It is clear that, while there is some consensus on [...]
No commitment to ‘binding code’ on driver treatment
Published On: Monday 7 November 2022
The government has responded to a range of recommendations made in June by the House of Commons transport select committee in its report on the road freight supply chain – [...]
Fuel cells which turn hydrogen gas into electricity and water are being adopted by many truck manufacturers as an alternative to battery-electrics in some applications. Their advantages are lower weight, [...]
Hydrogen is being developed as a combustion fuel for truck engines by several major players in the industry. DAF showed its hydrogen-powered combustion truck, and Iveco’s engine supplier FPT an [...]
With the exception of Mercedes, most of the electric trucks shown by mainstream manufacturers at IAA and previously have retained a conventional layout with a motor under the cab directly [...]
Workers who open or enter loaded containers could be exposed to dangerously low oxygen levels or to hazardous substances in the air which have built up as a result of [...]
MAN is extending its top Lion S trim option to the regional/off-road TGS truck with the new 520 hp version of the D26 engine. Available for NN, TN and TM [...]
Traton subsidiary MAN is joining Mercedes and DAF in offering a camera rear-view system as an option in place of front and kerb mirrors with cameras. In addition to the [...]
Power management and vehicle transmission specialist Eaton warns that switching Europe’s truck fleet to electrical power as planned will require a doubling of electric generation capacity by 2050. Its solution [...]
