Yodel to trial deliveries to secure lockers in bid to slash carbon footprint

Self-driving vans, buses and shuttles could soon hit the UK’s roads following the launch today (23 May) of a £40m funding competition.

Andover-based Draintech Tankers said it had been so impressed with the Mercedes-Benz Arocs it ordered from Marshall Truck & Van three three months ago that it has added another pair to its fleet. In the face of soaring demand from customers, director Robert Simpson said he resolved last year to take a fresh look at […]

If all commercial vans transitioned to electric the UK’s annual CO2 emissions would fall by 3.4 million tonnes, down from 405.5 million tonnes to 402.1 million tonnes, according to new research by Northgate Vehicle Hire. The research, which analysed data from DfT’s statistics on van usage in the UK, found that there are over 2.3 […]