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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, 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 [...]
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 [...]