The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a public consultation seeking feedback on its plans to end the sale of new non-zero tailpipe-emission buses between 2025 and 2032. The DfT [...]
Calls for more action on fuel prices despite duty cut
Published On: Sunday 3 April 2022
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) warned in late March that there was little sign of diesel prices easing, despite a headline-grabbing 5p cut in fuel duty announced by the chancellor [...]
The Road Haulage Association last month spoke out against the possibility of extending the relaxations on cabotage in the UK, which were introduced last year by the government in a [...]
Online retail giant Amazon has added its first ever fully electric HGVs to its UK fleet, which are now operating from its Tilbury and Milton Keynes fulfilment centres. The five [...]
Jorge Asensio, medium and heavy products manager and alternative fuels business lead at Iveco, has laid out the newly-independent manufacturer’s complex path to net zero road transport. “The agenda is [...]
Renault Trucks has unveiled a new offer of support for its customers making the transition to electric trucks as it aims for 50 per cent of its sales to be [...]
Geodis and Renault in urban electric truck team-up
Published On: Tuesday 22 March 2022
Renault Trucks and Geodis, the global logistics subsidiary of French railway operator SNCF, are collaborating to design an electric truck specifically for urban distribution work. The ambition is to provide [...]
Japanese manufacturer Hino Trucks has completed the integration, and commenced testing and validation, of Allison Transmission’s next generation eGen Power 100D fully-electric axle in its XL series heavy-duty battery-electric vehicles, [...]
Transport trade groups have called for government action to help hauliers struggling with volatile fuel costs, as the war in Ukraine takes its toll on global oil prices. The Road [...]
