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HGV fleet

Overcoming the eight key challenges facing ...

Sep 30, 2024Comments off

Understanding the many complex factors that affect how operators acquire, manage, maintain and replace their HGVs is essential to planning a commercial vehicle fleet strategy. There are eight core challenges that our mobility consultants come up

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Yellow Scania truck on the road

Scania to reuse components on the main asse...

Sep 30, 2024Comments off

In a world first for heavy vehicle makers, Scania’s has integrated reused components on its main assembly line in Sweden. The historic achievement took place earlier this year as part of the iReGear joint research project

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Fraikin investment in DVS compliant vans

Fraikin announces multi-million pound renta...

Sep 27, 2024Comments off

Commercial fleet and mobility services provider, Fraikin, is investing £35 million in 400 new vehicles to support its national short-term rental fleet, expanding and modernising its offering to customers across the UK. The new additions, which

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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 today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). However,

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Electric Van on charge

Van fleets finding ways to adopt EVs

Sep 26, 2024Comments off

Survey shows interesting trends on how to handle electrification Fleets are taking a practical approach to implementing electric van strategy according to new research issued by Arval Mobility Observatory https://www.arval.co.uk/amo-insight In addition to assessing van range

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Vanaways have helped UES to get an electric van for their workforce and continue their journey to become a B Corp company. September 2024.

Vanaways supports UES on journey to B Corp ...

Sep 26, 2024Comments off

A Bristol mechanical, electrical and renewables contractor has begun the electrification of its fleet as part of its journey towards B Corp status. UES is working with Vanaways to replace diesel vehicles with 12 electric cars

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JLR's Halewood site

JLR invests £500M in Halewood EV productio...

Sep 26, 2024Comments off

JLR has announced a £500 million investment to transform its historic Halewood facility to support the parallel production of electric vehicles, alongside existing combustion and hybrid models. Originally built in 1963 to produce the Ford Anglia,

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Road repair

New technology trial reduces delays for dri...

Sep 26, 2024Comments off

New technology developed to help ease the pain of roadworks for road users and businesses saw 2,100 fewer journeys being delayed on the M6 in a two-month trial. The innovation, being trialled as part of a

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Mercedes-Benz AMG

New vehicle taxes for EV leasing customers

Sep 26, 2024Comments off

Seven years after introducing the Expensive Car Supplement (ECS) for petrol and diesel cars costing over £40,000, the UK Government has recently announced that electric cars will also be subject to this charge starting from April

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Go-Ahead fleet - Wigan Bus Interchange

Go-Ahead mark first-year as partners in Man...

Sep 26, 2024Comments off

Go-Ahead’s subsidiary Go North West is today celebrating its first anniversary of Bee Network operations and partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). The Bee Network, the UK’s first franchised bus operation outside London, began on