DVSA issues update on remote tacho monitoring trial
Published On: Thursday 17 November 2022
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has told Transport Operator that its current trial of remote tachograph sensing equipment (RTSE) at the roadside is set to continue to April [...]
ACEA, the European automobile manufacturers’ association – whose members include the major continental commercial vehicle producers – has aired “serious concerns” about newly published European Commission (EC) proposals for a [...]
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 [...]