Logistics UK: DVSA must sustain pace on driving tests
Published On: Saturday 22 May 2021
Logistics UK has urged the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to maintain its rapid vocational driver testing programme in order to clear the outstanding test backlog, which the organisation [...]
Testing of Mercedes advanced hydrogen truck begins
Published On: Thursday 20 May 2021
Daimler Trucks has commenced tests of the first enhanced prototype of its Mercedes-Benz GenH2 hydrogen fuel cell truck, originally unveiled in 2020, marking an important milestone on the path to [...]
DVSA has ended the Covid concession which allowed prohibitions on vehicles to be removed without physical checks by the agency. As of 1 June 2021, prohibitions on testable vehicles or [...]
A range of chargers for electric trucks has been launched by DAF Trucks under the banner of its American parent Paccar. DAF Trucks now offers a full range of fixed [...]
DAF leads the way to larger, more aerodynamic cabs
Published On: Tuesday 18 May 2021
Paccar’s DAF subsidiary will be the first manufacturer to take advantage in changes to EU dimension laws when it launches its replacement for its long-running XF flagship truck this month. [...]
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has called on the government to add HGV drivers to the Home Office’s so-called ‘shortage occupation list’, to allow more drivers from overseas to fill [...]
New guidance sponsored by the Department for Transport (DfT) has been published which is designed to prevent commercial vehicles – including trucks, buses, coaches, vans, and even mobile plant such [...]
Truck makers: governments must lead charge on HGV electrification
Published On: Friday 14 May 2021
In the wake of their announcement that production of fossil-fuelled trucks would need to end by 2040, Europe’s truck makers have thrown down a challenge to the European Commission – [...]
Iveco has replaced its Trakker ultra-heavy-duty off-road truck with the T-Way, completing the year-long replacement programme of its outgoing Stralis-based vehicles with the new Way design family. T-Way continues to [...]
