• MAN offers camera mirror option

    Published On: Tuesday 25 October 2022

    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 [...]

  • ‘Microgrid’ buildings to charge EVs

    Published On: Saturday 22 October 2022

    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 [...]

  • One in five truck tyres misinflated

    Published On: Friday 21 October 2022

    Approximately one in every five truck tyres is operating outside the correct tyre pressure window, according to a study from Continental. The tyre specialist says that the statistic, based on [...]

  • ACEA urges action on truck decarb infrastructure

    Published On: Friday 21 October 2022

    European automotive industry body ACEA has told the European Parliament that EU targets to re­duce CO2 emissions from trucks by introducing alternative powertrain technology can only be met if the [...]

  • Laden brake test warning

    Published On: Thursday 20 October 2022

    DVSA has reminded operators that from 1 January 2023, it will refuse to perform annual roadworthiness for most vehicles and trailers if presented unladen. There are limited exemptions: including tri-axle [...]

  • Government U-turn on IR35 relaxation

    Published On: Wednesday 19 October 2022

    Plans announced only last month to scrap last year’s controversial IR35 off-payroll tax reforms, which require larger transport operators to assess whether drivers should be taxed as employees via PAYE, [...]

  • DAF’s automatics for the people

    Published On: Thursday 13 October 2022

    Paccar subsidiary DAF has refreshed its LF lightweight truck range with new Cummins-built engines and fully-automatic ZF PowerLine torque-convertor transmissions. Fuel savings of up to seven per cent are promised, [...]

  • Report: England’s on-site lorry parking capacity ‘close to full’

    Published On: Tuesday 11 October 2022

    A new Department for Transport-commissioned report on the state of overnight truck parking capacity in the vicinity of England’s strategic road network (SRN) has found that the situation has worsened [...]

  • Driver welfare plea among commissioner’s conference warnings

    Published On: Saturday 8 October 2022

    Opening the Autumn round of Transport Manager Conferences organised by Logistics UK, Kevin Rooney, traffic commissioner (TC) for the West of England, warned delegates at a packed event in Shepton [...]