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Osprey Charging acquires freehold site in Evesham

Osprey Charging plans ultra-rapid EV chargi...

Jul 16, 2024Comments off

Osprey Charging, one of the UK’s leading electric vehicle (EV) charging networks, has completed the freehold purchase of a two-acre plot at Twyford Services on the A46, near Evesham. This strategic acquisition will enable the development

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London's air quality improves significantly following ULEZ expansion

DVS – grace period likely to be six month...

Jul 16, 2024Comments off

Based on papers released in advance of a Transport and Environment committee meeting this week, Transport for London is proposing that the grace period for fleets to have a further three months to make their vehicles

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DSV cab with the HVO logo

DSV implements HVO fuel to the final-mile f...

Jul 15, 2024Comments off

From the results of short-term trials, it was evident that DSV needed to implement a robust sustainable solution for fuel usage.  This has driven the initiative to transfer the entire 40-vehicle final mile fleet based in

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Continental Tyres select Volvos for the first time

Continental Tyres sets new UK fleet benchma...

Jul 15, 2024Comments off

Volvo Trucks has supplied eight vehicles to Continental Tyres – four FM 460 6×2 tractor units and four FM 380 6×2 rigids – featuring an array of optional extras prioritising driver safety, comfort and overall operational

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Aebi Schmidt UK's new SK660 truck mounted sweeper

Aebi Schmidt aims for higher vehicle safety...

Jul 15, 2024Comments off

Aebi Schmidt UK is aiming to take safety to another level with its new Street King 660 truck-mounted sweeper which is jam-packed with the very latest safety features and is being billed as the safest sweeper

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Lightfoot monitor on a van dashboard

Lightfoot named as headline sponsor of Brak...

Jul 15, 2024Comments off

Lightfoot, the new headline sponsor of Brake’s UK Fleet Champions Awards, says that there has never been a more important time to champion the causes of safety and decarbonisation. Brake’s UK Fleet Champions Awards celebrate fleet

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XPO employee with her new electric car

New XPO logistics program brings EVs to UK ...

Jul 15, 2024Comments off

XPO, a leading provider of innovative and sustainable end-to-end logistics solutions across Europe, today announced the launch of its UK Electric Vehicle (EV) and Hybrid Salary Sacrifice Scheme. This exciting program not only provides employees with

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PDT Driver Training vehicles

PDT and Esitu Solution collaborate on new C...

Jul 15, 2024Comments off

Esitu Solutions, in collaboration with PDT Fleet Training, has developed a 7-hour Driver CPC course Road Sense: Mastering Hazard Perception. Based on over 30 years of academic research, this innovative training course aims to significantly enhance the safety

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Simon Cowling, Lead Director, EV at SSE Energy Solutions, with Fiona Hyslop, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Transport to the new Myrekirk EV Charging Hub in Dundee, Thursday 11 July 2024.

Scotland’s most powerful EV charging hub ...

Jul 15, 2024Comments off

The most powerful electric vehicle (EV) charging hub in Scotland, installed by SSE, has been officially opened on Thursday 11th July by Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop. The Myrekirk Roundabout site will feature a total of

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Michelin convert their fleet to run on HVO

Michelin switches to HVO to reduce CO2 by 3...

Jul 12, 2024Comments off

Michelin will unlock a 30 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions across its Stoke-on-Trent-based logistics fleet this year, after securing 400,000 litres of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to use in place of diesel between now and the