MAN Truck & Bus has reported that it is accelerating its timetable for the introduction of zero-emission CVs, with planned production of heavy-duty electric trucks in Munich brought forward by [...]
Aberdeen, the UK’s first ‘hydrogen city’, has put a fuel-cell powered refuse collection vehicle into service. The converted Mercedes Econic chassis will be fuelled with renewable ‘green’ hydrogen produced by [...]
More truck parking is now urgently required around Dover, reports suggest, as post-Brexit delays start to take their toll following the introduction of export controls at the start of the [...]
Commercial vehicle fleet hire giant Ryder System is planning to exit the UK market with an “orderly withdrawal” over the next 12 to 18 months. A statement from the American-owned [...]
BorgWarner has been selected by a major European commercial vehicle manufacturer to provide its eFan system for battery-powered long-haul road transport vehicles. This is the company’s first business win for [...]
Oil giant bp has boosted interest in HVO as a diesel replacement fuel by taking a 30 per cent share in Green Biofuels: the UK’s largest provider of the non-fossil [...]
Trade body Logistics UK has warned that an “urgent focus” is required by government on forthcoming arrangements at the UK border, to avoid incoming goods and passenger traffic grinding “to [...]
An industry index has reported a 15 per cent year-on-year increase in the average price of haulage and courier services between January 2021 and last month, amid rising interest rates [...]
Hydrogen combustion engines can replace diesels in trucks
Published On: Wednesday 9 February 2022
Mainstream manufacturers are now investigating ways in which internal combustion engines can continue to power heavy-duty long-range applications beyond the UK government’s proposed 2040 ban on diesel trucks. First out [...]