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Volvo hooks up with Krone for City trailer ...
Volvo Trucks, United Kingdom and Ireland, has been trialling a Krone City Liner in urban areas, including inner London, to re-open the debate regarding the use of articulated vehicles, where currently the London Lorry Control Scheme
CFMS announces partnership with Digital Cat...
The Centre for Modelling & Simulation (CFMS), a not-for-profit specialist in digital engineering capability, has partnered with Digital Catapult to transform digital engineering capability and encourage the use of advanced digital technologies in the automotive sector.
ECO schemes set for comeback due to tax inc...
Changes to the rules affecting salary sacrifice car schemes and a seemingly endless tide of rises in Benefit-in-Kind (BIK) taxes for company car drivers make the resurgence of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) schemes more likely. So
TomTom launches a new version of WEBFLEET
TomTom Telematics has launched a new version of its fleet management Software-as-a-Service solution WEBFLEET 3.3 which allows fleet operators to review combined vehicle data from different sources in one easy-to-use interface. The WEBFLEET Plugin functionality allows
BVRLA urges the Exchequer to use budget to ...
Ahead of this year’s Budget the BVRLA has urged the Chancellor to energise the take up of plug-in electric vehicles and support the vital role played by the company car. Only last month the Prime Minister
Smart road lights to prevent lane drifting ...
Smart lights in the road surface, which switch on when traffic lights turn green, have been introduced for the first time at a major motorway junction to help drivers stay in the right lane. Highways England
ORTEC releases Routing Suite focusing on su...
ORTEC’s latest release of the ORTEC Routing Suite has become available today. The Routing Suite optimizes the daily operations of logistics companies—retailers, shippers, fourth party logistics providers (3PLs and 4PLs), and logistics service providers (LSP)—by dynamically
Jaguar Land Rover to shut Solihull plant fo...
Jaguar Land Rover has announced it will shut down production for two weeks. The country’s biggest car-maker said the “fluctuating” global market has triggered the decision to temporarily close down its Solihull plant from October 22.
Road-side checks for lorry emission cheatin...
Cheat devices mean a lorry can produce up to 20 times more dangerous emissions. The DVSA has now become routinely checking lorries they stop at the roadside for emissions cheating. Under the Construction and Use Regulations
Allego launches contactless debit and credi...
Allego, Visa and the other card schemes American Express and Mastercard have announced the launch of an easy-to-use payment solution for Electric Vehicle (EV) drivers on a global scale starting in the UK. The joint development
