Chinese engine manufacturer Weichai Power claims to have broken a significant barrier in truck engine design by producing a 13-litre unit with a thermal efficiency exceeding 50 per cent. Thermal [...]
Local authorities and private sector waste contractors can have their existing diesel bin wagons converted to run on zero-emission battery-electric power thanks to an initiative by Refuse Vehicle Solutions. The [...]
Scania and Mercedes-Benz unveil avenues to electric
Published On: Tuesday 20 October 2020
Scania and Mercedes-Benz have both revealed production electric truck offerings. Mercedes-Benz is to start producing electric versions of its Actros rigid heavy truck and Econic municipal vehicle, while Scania will [...]
Transport for London’s (TfL) Direct Vision Standard (DVS), designed to reduce the impact of HGV blind spots on vulnerable road users, will be enforced in the capital from 1 March [...]
Transport groups across Europe sign call for Brexit deal
Published On: Friday 9 October 2020
A deal on the UK’s future relationship with Europe had still to be struck between London and Brussels at the time of publication, as the pivotal 15 October meeting of [...]
Budding transport managers seeking the Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) required so they can follow their profession now face the news that the country’s major provider of syllabus and examinations [...]
The quality, health, safety and environment manager at Derbyshire’s Middlebrook Transport has criticised government plans to include a ‘hierarchy of road users’ in a revised Highway Code, that could, in [...]
Global logistics provider Kuehne+Nagel has chosen eight gas-powered Volvo tractors to serve contracts with Costa and Whitbread, with the aim of reducing emissions and improving the sustainability of their transport [...]
Scania has stolen Swedish rival Volvo’s crown with the world’s most powerful production truck. Revisions to Scania’s unique flagship V8 engine range see its top offering now rated at 770 [...]
