When KleanDrive entered administration, it had working technology and real customers. What it didn’t have was investment backing that valued operator judgement over financial hunches. One fleet operator explains why firms with proven kit keep failing, and why the industry keeps losing suppliers it claims to want.
An HGV fleet charging facility will open at Magna Park Lutterworth later this year, as part of a country-wide £500m investment.
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) is calling on the government to accelerate its planned review of the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate, warning that market conditions have shifted significantly since the policy was introduced.
ReFuels NV, which supplies renewable biomethane (Bio-CNG) for HGVs, is to build a new public access refuelling station in Swindon, providing homegrown clean fuel to truck operators as an alternative to imported diesel.
Brussels has flattened the emissions trajectory for truck manufacturers through 2029 and allowed surplus credits to offset 2030 targets. Industry warns the move removes urgency from electric development while doing nothing to solve the infrastructure crisis constraining uptake.