MAN Truck & Bus was one of the first European commercial vehicle manufacturers to successfully put e-mobility on the road together with its customers. MAN is now following up with a small production run of the MAN TGM 26.360 E LL distribution truck. The vehicle is being built at the… Read more »
IVECO, FPT Industrial and Nikola Corporation unveil the Nikola TRE
IVECO, FPT Industrial and Nikola unveiled the maquette of the Nikola TRE, the first vehicle resulting from the joint venture between CNH Industrial and Nikola, which involves the commercial vehicle brand and the powertrain specialist. The vehicle is based on the IVECO S-WAY heavy-duty truck launched last July in Madrid, which has been… Read more »
New trade name for Scania’s S-series sleeper cabs
Scania is renaming their most premium trucks, the S-series. Instead of the letter S followed by the actual horsepower, the new trade name will be the horsepower followed by an S, like 450 S or 730 S. The reversed naming order applies only to the sleeper cabs with a flat… Read more »
Future government must help logistics go zero emission, says FTA
All political parties should pledge to support the logistics sector on its journey to decarbonisation, according to FTA, the voice of the UK logistics sector. Ahead of December’s General Election, the business organisation has launched its own election manifesto – Logistics for Britain – which details ten policy asks of the future government, including the development of alternatively-fuelled vehicles, construction of HS2, and igniting a mode shift from road to maritime and rail. Heidi Skinner, FTA’s Policy & Public Affairs Manager, comments: “FTA… Read more »
IVECO at Solutrans 2019: fuelled by new solutions
With a fully renewed offering, IVECO is looking even further ahead and anticipating upcoming regulations. The brand offers a complete line-up of both diesel and gas vehicles – from light to heavy duty – which already comply with future norms and with the added benefit of fully connected services and… Read more »
DAF CF Electric with 6×2 rigid chassis soon to be tested in the field
DAF Trucks has introduced a new CF Electric 6×2 rigid chassis. The first vehicles will be field-tested later on this year as refuse collection trucks with Dutch public waste disposal firms HVC and ROVA. The city of Rotterdam and Cure will follow early in 2020 with a fully electric 6×2… Read more »
The new Actros – Truck of the Year 2020
Specialist commercial vehicle journalists from 24 European countries voted for the Mercedes-Benz Actros to be crowned Truck of the Year of the fifth time. The truck’s success story started back in 1997 when the first Actros was released and the subsequent vehicle generation also brought home the award. With a… Read more »
Retrofitting Allison’s FuelSense® 2.0 software to RCVs cuts fuel consumption by 8.85%
Two Mercedes-Benz Econic refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) retrofitted with Allison Transmission’s latest FuelSense® 2.0 software have gained fuel savings of 8.85%. This demonstrates how mid-life software upgrades can significantly reduce vehicle fleet running costs. The savings were realised by Fife Council’s fleet operations department during a six-month, 21,000 km trial… Read more »
Les Smith Haulage lays foundations for future growth
Expanding Swindon-based firm Les Smith Haulage has laid the foundations for future growth by facing up head-on to the challenges of increasingly strict anti-pollution regulations such as London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone. A member of the Fortec Distribution Network for the past four years, the family-run firm has expanded its… Read more »
Bristol ‘pay-to-pollute’ charges attack business
Charging hauliers to enter a clean air zone (CAZ) in Bristol will put firms at risk, warned the Road Haulage Association. All lorries face bans from a number of main roads and pre-Euro VI trucks will face £100 daily charges in plans Bristol City Council is submitting to the Government…. Read more »
