Air quality
Plummeting pollution levels prompt Leeds and Sheffield to review CAZ plans
Falling levels of air pollution during the Covid-19 pandemic could see Leeds and Sheffield City Councils drop their plans for charging Clean Air Zones.
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Kuehne + Nagel uses new Volvo gas tractors on Whitbread and Costa contracts
Kuehne + Nagel has put eight new Volvo FH Globetrotter LNG tractor units into 24/7 operation on two major contracts with Whitbread and Costa, as part of a drive to reduce emissions and improve the sustainability of its transport operations.
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Heavy-duty Mercedes fuel cell truck will have 1,000km range
Daimler Trucks is to begin trials of its 40-tonne Mercedes-Benz GenH2 fuel cell truck in 2023, with series production starting in the second half of this decade.
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New electric trucks the forerunner to battery-powered long-haul HGVs, Scania reveals
Scania has revealed plans to launch a range of fast-charging electric long-distance HGVs within the next few years as it ramps up its drive towards battery-powered sustainable vehicles.
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Sheffield scraps Clean Air Zone plan
Sheffield has dropped “economically damaging plans” to introduce a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) after Covid-19 showed there were alternative ways of improving air quality without charging businesses.
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DFDS to ask third party hauliers to cut emissions as part of climate action plan
DFDS has launched a climate action plan which will require third-party haulier trucks to cut their fleets emissions.
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Amazon adds 800 Mercedes-Benz eSprinters to UK fleet
Amazon is to add more than 1,800 electric Mercedes-Benz vans to its European fleet with around 800 destined for the UK.
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Volta Zero battery electric truck designed to save lives as well as the planet
Anglo-Swedish electric vehicle start up Volta Trucks has officially launched its 16-tonne GVW battery electric urban delivery truck, the Volta Zero. Designed as an EV from the ground up, CEO Rob Fowler said the vehicle was “available now to meet customers’ desire to decarbonise”.
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Fuel duty rise would be huge blow to sector’s recovery, warns Logistics UK
Logistics UK has called on the government to scrap plans to ramp up fuel duty to help pay for the Covid-19 crisis.
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ULEMCo to make Glasgow City Council fleet hydrogen enabled
ULEMCo has secured an order with Scottish company James A Cuthbertson to make Glasgow City Council’s existing fleet and some new gritters hydrogen enabled.