• Winter cost warning for electric van fleets

    Published On: Thursday 23 September 2021

    With the number of electric commercial vehicles on the UK’s roads growing, operators have been warned to prepare to monitor their operating costs carefully through the forthcoming winter. The Association [...]

  • Call for permanent fuel duty freeze

    Published On: Thursday 23 September 2021

    Logistics UK has made a plea to government to freeze fuel duty on a permanent basis in order to help shift the transport sector to alternatively fuelled vehicles in preparation [...]

  • Iveco opens Nikola line in Germany

    Published On: Tuesday 21 September 2021

    The facility that will build Nikola Tre electric and fuel cell trucks has been opened by CNH subsidiary Iveco at its factory in Ulm, Germany, with production set to start [...]

  • Ocado expands CNG filling capacity

    Published On: Monday 20 September 2021

    Online retailer Ocado is to open a second CNG filling station to serve its heavy truck fleet. The facility, at its Dordon customer fulfilment centre, will open in the second [...]

  • Steyr to build Volta trucks in 2022

    Published On: Friday 17 September 2021

    Volta zero-emissions trucks are to be assembled in Austria at the former MAN Truck & Bus plant in Steyr, by the newly-formed Steyr Automotive company, with production commencing before the [...]

  • Successful return for CV Show

    Published On: Thursday 16 September 2021

    The Commercial Vehicle Show returned to the NEC Birmingham for the first time in more than two years from 31 August. The event welcomed attendees from across the transport sector, [...]

  • Fruehauf lifted from administration

    Published On: Thursday 16 September 2021

    Fruehauf, the troubled British tipper manufacturer, has been brought out of administration by independent truck dealership and hirer MV Commercial. MV Commercial has pledged an immediate cash injection, with a [...]

  • Scania in UK electrified truck study

    Published On: Wednesday 15 September 2021

    A major UK study is now underway involving truck manufacturer Scania, into the use of long-haul electrified vehicles charged dynamically by overhead wires on electric roads. The feasibility study is [...]

  • DfT boosts driver testing capacity to tackle shortage

    Published On: Tuesday 14 September 2021

    The Department of Transport (DfT) has announced that up to 50,000 more HGV driving tests will now be made available per year, through measures that it says will streamline the [...]