Volvo has developed a system that acts like an auto-pilot for commercial vehicles, taking over gearchanging and uses gradients to save some five per cent on fuel. Hayder Wokil, product manager, said: “The saving will be about 1,000 litres of fuel annually
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Mercedes-Benz UK has appointed Michael Kamper as managing director, commercial vehicles to take over from Ian Jones, who has retired.
Cartwright has completed its first Fleet Specification Trailer, which is a curtainside straight frame semi trailer
ISEL, at the University of Le Havre, and Renault’s Environmental Division are working with Barloworld’ CAST supply chain software to help minimise cost and reduce carbon footprint by developing new recycling models and interactive collaboration with partn
Volvo Trucks is claiming success for its field tests with vehicles powered by bio-dimethyl ether – a second-generation bio-fuel that can be made from wood or by-products and waste from agricultural production
UK logistics firm Ruck is launching a service to take over and re-deliver loads that have missed their delivery slot, freeing lorries and drivers to resume delivery schedules
Norbert Dentressangle has taken delivery of a 26 tonne hybrid vehicle from Renault for a UK trial of alternative technologies
Mercedes-Benz is to target the heavy-duty short-radius distribution market with a new truck, the Antos
Iveco has launched “Flexi Hire”, a product designed to give heavy truck operators greater flexibility on contract hire terms
Truck registrations in the first four months of 2012 were 27.4 per cent up on last year, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
