Continental, the worldwide premium tyre manufacturer and technology company, has been announced as the official tyre supplier of the Volvo Concept Truck project. The main goal of the project is to significantly improve the freight-moving efficiency of future trucks and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The project focuses on the complete vehicle, both truck and trailer. Volvo developers, together with other key suppliers, have looked at many innovative solutions to meet the project’s ambitious targets
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The European Commission has imposed a fine of almost €3 billion on truck makers MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco, and DAF after they broke EU antitrust rules. According to the EU executive, the truck makers colluded for 14 years on truck pricing and on passing on the costs of compliance with stricter emission rules
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The global shift towards low-carbon, circular economy has started and its pace is accelerating. To ensure Europe stays competitive and will be able to respond to the increasing mobility needs of people and goods, the Commission’s low-emission mobility strategy sets clear and fair guiding principles to Member States to prepare for the future. The Energy Union strategy contributes to this goal
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Freight Transport Association (FTA) Chief Executive David Wells has called on the new Prime Minister to prioritise the logistics industry in Brexit negotiations to ensure goods can move freely between the UK and the rest of the world
Read More »The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has issued a call for partners to take part in a new data analysis project in its heavy duty vehicle (HDV) transport programme to inform the work it is undertaking on fuel efficiency. Earlier work by the ETI has shown that the route, speed, freight load and vehicle configuration of [&hellip
Read More »Arden Wood Shavings, the animal beddings specialist, has renewed its fleet compliance and security systems contract with TruTac and sees improved vehicle safety ahead as TruChecks, the mobile driver inspection app, is added to the suite. Arden has over 30 years’ experience of supplying wood shavings and sawdust bedding for a wide range of applications, [&hellip
Read More »The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says this week’s announcement by the Department for Transport (DfT) of a consultation on driverless cars is a positive step. As well as setting out regulatory changes to better facilitate the use of driverless vehicles in the future, the document also restates the potential positives from HGV platooning. The document notes that platooning should allow HGVs [&hellip
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Demand for in-vehicle CCTV cameras by courier firms in the UK has shot up 30% in the past year – due to increased incidents of cash for crash scams. Cash for crash costs British motorists a staggering £1 billion a year. Whiplash claims, boosted by no-win, no-claims from lawyers, are adding up to £90 on to [&hellip
Read More »Schmitz Cargobull has appointed Alan Hunt as Managing Director for its UK and Ireland operations. Hunt (50) joins Schmitz Cargobull after 16 years with Finning CAT where he held a variety of roles, including Defence and Government Manager, Business Unit Manager and more recently Head of Sales for Commercial Marine and Oil & Gas. In [&hellip
Read More »Ctrack, a subsidiary of Novatel Wireless, has launched an Executive Dashboard to enable users of its advanced vehicle tracking solutions to access business critical summary data in easy to understand charts and tables. As a result, fleet operators will now be able to gain added operational insight and business intelligence through their telematics system, identifying trends and underlining [&hellip
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