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DG International’s Horizon platform bring...
Specialist freight forwarder DG International is launching Horizon, a cloud-based, single-platform solution bringing end-to-end digitisation, visibility and integration to supply chain management. Designed with customer’s varied needs in mind, Horizon can be tailored to different business
Pioneering ResiCAV project wins government ...
A pioneering project to ensure that connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and their infrastructure are protected against rising cybersecurity threats, has been named as a winner of a government competition. ResiCAV – a ground-breaking programme that
Featherstone prisoners on right road with B...
Prisoners at HM Prison Featherstone are being given a life changing opportunity to forge careers once their sentences are complete, thanks to the world’s largest tyre manufacturer Bridgestone and its award winning training offering. In an
More vans returned early as fleets avoid cl...
An increasing number of vans are being returned to Fleet News 50 (FN50) companies early, in a possible sign that fleets are taking action to minimise their exposure to ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) charges. London launched its ULEZ
Direct Vision specification updated to prev...
Transport for London (TfL) has revised the Direct Vision Standard (DVS) to ease the fitting of sensors to articulated lorries. The update is designed to prevent false positive warnings from sensors going off unnecessarily when the
Fleet managers anticipate cost-savings from...
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) demonstrator project, E-Flex, today reveals findings that over four in five (86%) fleet managers plan to deploy electric vehicles (EVs) within the next five years. The research, conducted by Opinium in partnership with E-Flex,
More than 30 vans stolen every day
Four-in-10 of all new vans on sale do not come with an alarm as standard, according to an exclusive investigation by What Car? Vans. The findings follow research highlighting how more than 43,000 vans have been
New research reveals UK is a front runner o...
Today Delta-EE, the specialist new energy consultancy, launches a new report into public EV charging infrastructure. This highlights the UK is one of the leading European countries for chargepoint infrastructure, with nine EVs per public chargepoint
Funding for on-street chargepoints doubled
Charging and driving an electric vehicle will be easier, cheaper and more convenient in the future, thanks to double the funding for more chargepoints on residential streets next year and new plans to make sure drivers
First MOT winners and losers revealed
Nearly a fifth of Isuzu D-Max, Dacia Sandero and Ford Fiesta models failed their first MOT test last year, new data from popular car owner companion website and app KnowYourCar has revealed. All road-going vehicles are
