All Fuels articles – Page 19
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MT ArticleGregory Distribution and Brewdog to operate UK's first 19-tonne Electra e-Cargo refrigerated rigid
Gregory Distribution, in partnership with customer Brewdog, is trialling the UK’s first 19-tonne rigid Electra e-Cargo Urban Refrigeration Vehicle.The zero-tailpipe-emission truck is based on an Iveco Eurocargo chassis and supplied by Blackburn-based tech firm NRG Fleet Services, which this year scooped the Motor Transport Innovation Award.A test model of the ...
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MT ArticleAsda and Culina in major new truck deals with Volvo
Asda has ordered the largest ever number of HGVs running on renewable fuels in the UK, with 202 Volvo FH LNG tractor units delivered in the run-up to Christmas.The supermarket wants to transition its 1,000-strong core fleet of tractor units over to gas by 2024 after its own trials showed ...
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MT ArticleGasrec completes £1m upgrade to DIRFT biomethane refuelling facility as industry demand grows
Gasrec has completed a £1m upgrade to its flagship refuelling facility at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT), to meet mounting operator demand for biomethane fuels.A team of engineers have installed new fuel dispensers, new supply lines and a new fuel management system, along with greater remote operability for ...
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MT ArticleScores of operators sign up for electric vehicle webinar next week, Association of Fleet Professionals reports
Almost 100 delegates have signed up to a webinar next week focusing on how operators can transition to electric vehicles (EV).The webinar hosted by the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) will launch new guidance and advice on the issue.Created by the AFP’s EV, Low Carbon and Alternative Fuels committee, the ...
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MT ArticleCNG Fuels inks £80m funding deal for 14 new gas powered HGV refuelling stations
CNG Fuels has landed £80m in funding from Foresight Group to build 14 new refuelling stations for gas powered HGVs as part of wider plans to roll out a national network.The joint venture deal will see the initial £80m of funding used to develop around 14 public access stations on ...
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MT ArticleLondon Electric Vehicle Company expands UK network with five new dealer locations
London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) has strengthened its dealer presence in the Midlands with the appointment of Guest Truck and Van as its Midlands sales and servicing partner.Guest Truck and Van and its sister company, Sherwood Truck and Van, will represent LEVC in Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield and Leicester, which ...
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MT ArticleCommercial vehicle production down 25.6% in October
The large-scale transition to electric commercial vehicles and economic recovery can only be achieved if a “favourable” Brexit deal is thrashed out, according to the SMMT.Its comments followed the release of dire production figures for October, which showed CV manufacturing fell by 25.6%, with just 6,761 units leaving factory gates.The ...
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MT ArticleMPs demand year's suspension of CAZ rollout
A group of MPs have urged the government to pause the rollout of Clean Air Zones (CAZ) for at least a year and review the evidence of their effectiveness in light of changing travelling patterns.The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on road freight and logistics said no one was disputing ...
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MT ArticleWhistl to move to 78,000sq ft Bristol depot
Whistl has revealed plans to transfer to a new 78,000sq ft depot at Bristol Patchway in 2021.The site is currently under development and will be used for the company’s business mail and parcel collection and sortation operations for the South West.Whistl currently has a depot near the new site which ...
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MT ArticleH Parkinson Haulage upgrades to Iveco Stralis NP 460 gas trucks after successful trial of Stralis NP 400
Preston-based H Parkinson Haulage (HPH) has taken delivery of seven Iveco Stralis NP 460 4x2 gas powered trucks after 30 months of successfully trialling seven of the Stralis NP 400 4x2 tractors.The seven Stralis NP 400 tractors each covered 550,000km over the period of the trial, making HPH one of ...
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MT ArticleElectric truck data connectivity will bring operators “massive” operational gains, software specialist predicts
The data connectivity provided by electric trucks will mean a bigger revolution for fleet management than the vehicles themselves, r2c Online is forecasting.The commercial vehicle compliance and maintenance software specialist, which has 85,000 users across 33,000 fleets, said that the ability to gather information in real time would provide “massive” ...
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MT ArticleGovernment's green revolution must extend to HGVs, claims Volta Trucks
Volta Trucks said the announcement of a ban on sales of petrol and diesel vans and cars by 2030 must be extended to HGVs due to their contribution to global warming.Rob Fowler, chief executive of the all-electric truck manufacturer, said he was disappointed there was no mention in the government’s ...
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MT ArticleIndustry demands better infrastructure to support new zero emission deadline
New vans running on petrol and diesel will not be sold in the UK from 2030 as the government forges ahead with its “extremely aggressive” phase out of conventional combustion engines.A consultation into the transition from diesel HGVs to zero-emission freight transport has also been promised as part of the ...
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MT ArticleBanning sales of new petrol and diesel vans by 2030 without adequate infrastructure will harm operators, Logistics UK warns
Commercial operators will suffer if government moves to end sales of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans by 2030 are not supported by a nationwide roll out of a charging infrastructure.The warning comes from Logistics UK and follows the government’s announcement last week that it is to bring ...
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MT ArticleDHL Supply Chain rolls out UK’s first electric 16-tonne truck
DHL Supply Chain has begun operating what it describes as the first purpose-built fully electric 16-tonne vehicle in the UK.The Volvo FL Electric 4x2 rigid is now part of DHL Supply Chain’s fleet in London, making last mile deliveries into the West End shopping district.The vehicle is powered by four ...
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MT ArticleVolvo to launch fully-electric heavy duty trucks
Hauliers will be able to buy fully electric heavy duty trucks from Volvo next year, as the manufacturer ramps up its move towards fossil-free transport.Volvo Trucks is offering a complete heavy-duty range with electric drivelines, with tests now being undertaken of its FH, FM and FMX models, for use in ...
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MT ArticleFirst UK wireless charging project for light commercial vans to launch in spring
Wireless charging can occur en-route or in depot situations without the need for cables or plugsThe first UK trial of wireless charging technology for light commercial vans will launch in Edinburgh next spring.Heriot-Watt University, Flexible Power Systems (FPS) and City of Edinburgh Council have been awarded funding worth £1.6m for ...
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MT ArticleGasrec recruits new account directors to support shift to zero-carbon fleets
Renewable fuels provider Gasrec has appointed two account directors to support its fleet customers make the transition to cleaner fuels.The company confirmed it is on target to record a three-fold increase in demand for bio-CNG and bio-LNG by the end of 2020, versus volumes just 12 months prior.Mark Gilks (pictured) ...
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MT ArticleNew MAN hydrogen project sees German academics help run lab and test rig from manufacturing plant
(Left-to-right) Andreas Tostmann (chief executive of MAN Truck & Bus SE); Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger, president of the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; Prof. Dr. Niels Oberbeck, president of the Nuremberg Tech; Dr. Markus Söder, Bavarian Prime Minister; and Saki Stimoniaris, chairman of the MAN Group Works Council meet at the MAN ...
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MT ArticleNatural gas - the future of long distance haulage?
In my archive, I have a Commercial Motor road test cutting, unusually with an accompanying video, dated 15 December 1996. It is of a back-to-back road test of two identically laden ERF EC12s belonging to BOC Distribution, carried out by Toby Clark, then vehicles editor and me, then engineering editor.One ...