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Theo – the video enabled smart in-car com...

Nov 08, 2019Comments off

Connectivity in cars could prevent 25,000 serious accidents in the coming decade and save 2,500 lives[i] – but motorists don’t have to wait. Now available on Amazon, Theo is a smart, video-enabled device with a complete package of support services

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Isuzu D-Max saves driver in combine crash

Nov 08, 2019Comments off

A Yorkshire farm manager recently found out just how tough an Isuzu truck can be, when his Isuzu D-Max Blade was involved in a crash with a combine harvester. Terry Metson, who used the vehicle every

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Expanding Ogilvie Fleet scoops further indu...

Nov 08, 2019Comments off

Expanding Ogilvie Fleet has underlined its industry-leading position with another title – the Customer Service trophy in the annual awards from trade publication BusinessCar. The trophy is the second industry award that they have collected in

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Delivering sustainable road transport

Nov 08, 2019Comments off

As Parliament shuts for a five-week general election campaign, the BVRLA is calling for the next Government to back the fleet sector by confirming the long-term status of its plug-in vehicle grants to move the country

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EV batteries could be ‘huge waste mou...

Nov 07, 2019Comments off

The development and industrialisation of recycling technologies for end-of-life EV batteries is currently being outpaced by a boom of EV uptake, paving the way for a “huge waste management problem” in decades to come. That is

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Petrol vehicles top list for next car purch...

Nov 07, 2019Comments off

Despite the environment being the biggest driver for switching to an electric vehicle, new research by digital transformation agency, Somo, has identified that the interest in petrol vehicles is not declining. In fact, over half would

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Private parking firms will dish out 8.6 mil...

Nov 07, 2019Comments off

Private parking firms are set to issue nearly two million more tickets in 2019/20 compared with the previous 12 months. Almost 8.6 million tickets could be issued during the financial year by “out of control juggernaut”

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CNG Fuels will use manure to offer first Ne...

Nov 07, 2019Comments off

CNG Fuels today announced plans to become the UK’s first supplier of carbon neutral fuel for HGVs, using manure to help fleet operators achieve Net Zero emissions. The company is also consulting on how its network

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Charging towards a zero-carbon future

Nov 06, 2019Comments off

King Coal has been dethroned, the rise of renewables on our power networks has pushed its contribution from 40% to 6% in just ten years. The challenge now is to do the same on our roads.

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Electric cars offer Benefits in Kind in 202...

Nov 06, 2019Comments off

From 6th April 2020, Benefit in Kind (BIK) savings on efficient plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles will increase dramatically, in a bid to increase the uptake of fully electric cars among fleets. The