MAN, the company which once incorporated the name of compression-ignition engine inventor Rudolf Diesel in its own logo, has made it plain that its future lies with electric power. Speaking [...]
Some of Europe’s leading truck manufacturers are cutting their workforces in response to the Covid-19 crisis and the need for increased research and development spending. Traton subsidiary MAN is to [...]
An Anglo-Swedish company has launched what it claims to be the first 16-tonne all-electric urban delivery truck to be designed and built as such from the ground up, rather than [...]
E-highway decarbonisation proposal criticised by gas group
Published On: Wednesday 9 September 2020
Proposals to install a £19.3 billion electric highway network could almost entirely decarbonise road freight, say proponents – but the plans have attracted criticism from a gas vehicle trade body. [...]
The latest annual report of the traffic commissioners (TCs) is dominated by the impact that the Covid-19 crisis has had on transport in general and enforcement and licensing activities in [...]
Results from a two-year test to assess the positive and negative environmental impacts of using methane as a truck fuel in the UK have been published. The trial, which ended [...]
This article was correct as of publication in early September. Readers should check the link below for the latest up-to-date information. The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) last month [...]
Logistics UK, formerly the Freight Transport Association, has responded with concern to suggestions in the media that a significant fuel duty rise may be being planned by the Treasury for [...]
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has launched a campaign against proposed government amendments to the Highway Code currently out to consultation, which the organisation says would lead to more dangerous [...]
