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B&B Vehicle Contracts adopts advanced vehicle telematics solution from Ctrack
B&B Vehicle Contracts, a nationwide leasing specialist for businesses and private individuals, has teamed up with Ctrack by Inseego to offer telematics services to its…
Royal Mail adds gas powered trucks to its fleet
This week, Royal Mail is expanding its use of low emission vehicles, with the addition of 29 gas-powered trucks, fuelled by Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (Bio-CNG),…
Will Brexit affect the uptake of EVs among business fleets?
One of the few success stories to come out of last year was the long-anticipated rise of the electric vehicle. Against a backdrop of COVID…
CNG Fuels constructing world’s largest biomethane refuelling station
CNG Fuels will open the world’s largest public access biomethane refuelling station for HGVs by the end of the year near Bristol, which will allow…
Carrier Transicold delivers Cotteswold Dairy environmental benefits
Tewkesbury-based Cotteswold Dairy has taken delivery of four new insulated curtainside trailers, each mounted with a Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19. The new units will help improve sustainability…
Motorpoint begins work on Clean Air Zone Scrappage Scheme in Birmingham
Motorpoint has begun work on the Clean Air Zone Vehicle Scrappage and Travel Scheme in Birmingham. The UK’s largest independent car retailer, which has branches…
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Argo AI start trials of autonomous driving
With development already underway, the first self-driving prototypes based on the future ID. BUZZ will commence operations in Munich this summer. It marks a milestone…
The new Tiguan Allspace
The Tiguan was given an update back in autumn 2020 and now it is the turn of the long-wheelbase version: revised design, new control and…
Drivers support wider use of average speed cameras on motorways
More than half of drivers (56%) admit to breaking the speed limit on motorways with a third (34%) of those confessing to having travelled at…
FORS updates van driver training to help improve driver safety
The Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme has launched an update to its popular Van Smart eLearning module, to help upskill the growing fleet of light commercial…
Making HGVs smarter as road and fleet risk landscape changes
Business use of data and analytics is growing, reshaping risk management for HGV operators and hauliers. The phrase “every business is a digital one” is…
DAF Trucks introduce charging stations for electric vehicles
DAF Trucks introduces a full range of high-end solutions to charge the batteries of the industry-leading LF Electric and CF Electric trucks, as well as…
Roadworks projects could be delivered faster
Completing roadworks faster and making sites safer for staff are among the improvements identified using a trailblazing form of artificial intelligence (AI) on Britain’s biggest…
Demonstrator delivery vehicle for innovative new hydrogen fuel cell technology
The first demonstrator vehicle for a novel new hydrogen fuel cell technology is in development by MAHLE Powertrain. As integration partner to hydrogen fuel cell…
Premiere of the Mercedes Concept EQT van
With the Concept EQT, Mercedes-Benz Vans is giving a tangible impression of the first premium vehicle in the small van segment for families and private…
Project BREATHE: DPD to roll out air quality monitoring across 6 UK cities
The UKs most sustainable delivery company DPD has announced the roll-out of a major new air quality monitoring programme across 6 of the biggest cities…