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Heavy vehicle testing to remain unchanged

Heavy vehicle testing to remain unchanged f...

Jul 04, 2025Comments off

In a significant update for the UK transport industry, the Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed that the heavy vehicle testing regime will remain unchanged as of 3 July 2025. Following a comprehensive review and public

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Planned hydrogen refuelling stations may lead to millions of euros in yearly losses

Hydrogen refuelling plans risk heavy annual...

Jul 04, 2025Comments off

As hydrogen infrastructure is rolled out in the EU, refuelling stations must be distributed according to the same principle in all countries. But now a study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, points to shortcomings in

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Rolec Launches HEX EV Charger

Rolec announces new HEX chargepoint

Jul 03, 2025Comments off

Hot off the launch of their expanded DC range, Rolec announces a major addition to their commercial AC portfolio – introducing HEX. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience in the EV charging industry, UK manufacturing

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Scania Great Britain acquires franchise partner TruckEast

Scania Great Britain acquires franchise par...

Jul 03, 2025Comments off

Scania (Great Britain) Limited has acquired independent dealer TruckEast, in a deal that sustains the Swedish OEM’s network in the UK. The deal will see TruckEast’s 17 workshops located in the East – including Peterborough, Milton

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BetterFleet launch Europe’s largest EV charge management deployment

BetterFleet launch Europe’s largest EV ch...

Jul 03, 2025Comments off

As one of the largest and most complex deployments of advanced charge management software globally, Go-Ahead Group is rolling out BetterFleet’s leading EV fleet charge management and operations platform across its national fleet with over 1,000

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Cappagh Browne cuts dangerous driving behaviours by 95%

Cappagh Browne cuts dangerous driving behav...

Jul 02, 2025Comments off

Leading wastewater services company Cappagh Browne, which serves more than 1.5 million customers on behalf of Southern Water, has reduced dangerous driving by 95% in just one week following targeted safety training powered by AI Dash

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Fleet Operators Brace for Fuel Shortages as Prax Group Collapses into Administration

Prax Group collapse sparks fleet fuel conce...

Jul 02, 2025Comments off

Fleet operators across the United Kingdom are facing an uncertain future as Prax Group, a major fuel supplier, has collapsed into administration, raising fears of fuel shortages. On 30th June 2025, Prax Group entered administration, a

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Drink-driving

Vodka-drunk lorry driver disqualified in Es...

Jul 02, 2025Comments off

A professional lorry driver has been banned from driving after being found over the legal alcohol limit behind the wheel of a heavy goods vehicle in Basildon, Essex. The shocking incident, which involved the driver consuming

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New Toll Increases for HGVs at Dartford Crossing Set to Take Effect

Dartford Crossing HGV charges to rise by 40...

Jul 02, 2025Comments off

Hauliers will pay significantly more to move goods between Essex and Kent after the Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed the first Dartford Crossing toll charge increase since 2014. From 1 September 2025, the one-off payment for

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Autonomous bus service begins on Cambridge’s Connector route

Autonomous bus service begins on Cambridgeâ...

Jul 01, 2025Comments off

Fusion Processing Ltd today proudly announces the commencement of passenger services on a Connector route in Cambridge, marking the start of a continuous automated public bus services in an urban environment. The service was launched earlier