• Low-carbon options on trial

    Published On: Thursday 14 January 2021

    With the deadline for the phase-out of conventional diesel-engined trucks now set for 2040, the UK’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership has published the results of £20 million trials it has [...]

  • Electric DAFs come to UK market

    Published On: Wednesday 13 January 2021

    UK market leader DAF has launched electric trucks in the UK, with the latest versions featuring Lithium FeroPhosphate batteries that reduce vehicle weight and extend range compared to previous models [...]

  • Scania makes major battery investment

    Published On: Wednesday 13 January 2021

    Truck and bus manufacturer Scania is to invest almost €1 billion in battery technology as it expands its range of electric vehicles to meet the ACEA diesel production phase-out deadline [...]

  • Scania now offers a tag-axle drive bogie

    Published On: Tuesday 12 January 2021

    Scania has introduced a double-drive bogie featuring a tag axle than can be raised and disconnected from the drivetrain if required. The feature (which is similar to one offered by [...]

  • DVSA boss takes parting shot at traffic commissioners

    Published On: Monday 11 January 2021

    Long-standing tensions between Great Britain’s traffic commissioners (TCs) and the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) came to a head late last year, when outgoing DVSA chief executive Gareth Llewellyn [...]

  • Cullimore: keeping the wheels turning during Covid-19

    Published On: Thursday 7 January 2021

    Moreton F Cullimore, managing director of Gloucestershire haulier The Cullimore Group, offers an insight into how the firm has kept its fleet operating through uncertain times The Cullimore Group history [...]

  • Drivers’ hours rules relaxed for essential deliveries

    Published On: Friday 11 December 2020

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced temporary, limited relaxations of EU drivers’ hours rules across Great Britain for the delivery of essential items from ports and to retailers. The [...]

  • EU publishes no-deal transport contingency plans

    Published On: Friday 11 December 2020

    The European Union yesterday published contingency plans likely to offer some short-term reassurance to international hauliers and PSV operators anticipating the end of the Brexit transition period in January, as [...]

  • Fiat Professional joins CV line-up at ITT Hub 2021

    Published On: Wednesday 9 December 2020

    ITT Hub, the new transport technology exhibition making its debut next year, has announced its latest line-up of vehicle manufacturers, with Fiat Professional as its newest addition. The event, which [...]