A combination of Covid-19, economic recovery, Brexit and continuing poor pay and conditions could lead to a severe shortfall in available truck driver numbers this summer and beyond, warns the [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced it will now allow prospective authorised testing facility (ATF) providers to apply for new ATFs – provided they meet certain criteria [...]
Daimler Truck and Volvo Group have officially launched cellcentric, their joint-venture enterprise to develop hydrogen fuel cells as a power source for future generations of electric long-haul trucks. Their goal [...]
After just 100 days in post as director of Mercedes- Benz Truck Europe and Latin America, Karin Rådström faced investors and press at a Daimler Truck Strategy Day conference. Daimler [...]
Around 150 exhibitors are set to attend the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre in Hampshire for the forthcoming inaugural ITT Hub (Innovation & Technology in Transport). A major emphasis [...]
New HGV registrations were up by 9.5 per cent in the first three months of this year, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders [...]
Commercial Vehicle Show organisers have announced that LCV market leader Ford of Britain has confirmed its commitment to the 2021 event, which runs from 31 August to 2 September at [...]
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 [...]
