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Demand for new vans rises but EV uptake fal...

Oct 07, 2024Comments off

Britain’s new light commercial vehicle (LCV) market grew for the second month running in September, up 8.3% to record the best performance for the month

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Group of military students visit M25 juncti...

Oct 07, 2024Comments off

A National Highways project team recently welcomed a group of military students to a tour of one of our major schemes as part of an

New car market; EV salary sacrifice, Employee Car Ownership

Fleet demand turbocharged new car registrat...

Oct 04, 2024Comments off

The UK new car market rose 1.0% in the key ‘74’ plate change month of September, to 275,239 units, according to the latest figures from

Tesla electric car

Reduce BEV prices or increase range perform...

Oct 03, 2024Comments off

The Dilemma facing Vehicle Manufacturers As an industry we are learning more about electric vehicle batteries as each month goes by. Recently I attended an

Bright Headlights

The rise of headlamp dazzle

Oct 01, 2024Comments off

Specialist motor insurance loss adjuster Claims Management & Adjusting (CMA), part of the QuestGates Group, has highlighted a worrying rise in headlight-related cases, including dazzling

Nail in the tyre

Driving for Better Business launches monthl...

Oct 01, 2024Comments off

Driving for Better Business, the National Highways business engagement programme, is launching a fresh new range of free monthly resources for fleet managers to share

Mobility Hub

West Midlands to become home to UK’s firs...

Oct 01, 2024Comments off

The West Midlands is to become the first part of the UK to pilot a network of mobility hubs, after a groundbreaking project was backed

Traffic monitoring

Disruptive tech to transform road and traff...

Sep 30, 2024Comments off

Aston University researchers have teamed up with a specialist transport planning, traffic engineering and parking consultancy to develop technology to improve UK roads, resulting in

Traffic Jam in Gateshead

Turo index reveals rising costs, potholes, ...

Sep 30, 2024Comments off

As the cost of car ownership continues to climb and the UK faces a war on car ownership, Turo, the peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace, has

Van Manufacturing

14 year high for CV production

Sep 27, 2024Comments off

British commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturing fell -10.0% in August, following July’s rise, as 6,044 units rolled out of UK factories, according to new figures published