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All Fuels articles – Page 32
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XPO Logistics to run gas-powered fleet in Paris region
XPO Logistics has bought a fleet of 31 natural powered Iveco tractor units, which are now operating in Paris out of a new pallet hub in Bondoufle.The 44-tonne Stralis Natural Power vehicles run on liquefied natural gas, generating a claimed 70% less N02 and 96% less fine particle emissions than ...
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Fife Council to operate hydrogen dual-fuel bin lorries
Fife Council is to operate two hydrogen dual-fuel bin lorries to lower carbon emissions and improve air quality in urban areas.Two Heil Farid models, based on a Mercedes-Benz chassis, have been adapted to run on both hydrogen and diesel. They represent a world first in the application of the dual-fuel ...
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TfL's LoCity to help fleet operators navigate low-emission vehicle market
New London mayor Sadiq Khan last week made it clear that tackling the capital’s poor air quality through lowering road transport emissions was going to be a key focus during his term at City Hall.So TfL’s LoCity programme, which was launched in January, finds its role propelled up the political ...
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EC study wants commercial fleet operators' views on CNG-fuelled vehicles
A European Commission study is seeking the views of commercial fleet operators on CNG-fuelled vehicles to help inform the future roll-out of refuelling infrastructure.Headed up by Transport and Travel Research (TTR), the study wants to explore reasons why the UK is lagging behind other EU countries in the adoption of ...
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Driving licence rethink encouraged ahead of weight increase for alternative fuelled vehicles
The government’s attempt to encourage the uptake of alternative-fuelled HGVs when an updated EU weights and dimensions directive comes into force next year is flawed, according to liquefied gas supplier Gasrec.The company believes operators of 3.5-tonne vehicles will be discouraged from converting from diesel to gas when the updated directive, ...
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Public and private sector fleets can get 75% off the cost of zero-emission fuel cell electric vans
The government has allocated a £2m funding pot open to both public and private sector van fleet operators looking to switch to hydrogen-fuelled vehicles.A new Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) Fleet Support Scheme will allow local authorities, health trusts, police forces, fire brigades and private companies to bid for funding ...
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Waitrose steps up from dual-fuel to dedicated gas with new Scanias
John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has introduced two dedicated gas-fuelled Scania tractor units into its Waitrose distribution operation.Based at the supermarket’s Leyland, Lancashire, RDC the trucks have an operational range of 350 miles are providing daily return-to-base services to stores throughout northern England, the north Midlands and north Wales."As an ...
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ITM Power to open London's first self-generating hydrogen refuelling station
A network of self-generating hydrogen refuelling stations is to be developed across London this year, with the first opening to the public next week.Built by ITM Power, the new sites will generate their own in-house hydrogen by converting surplus renewable energy and water through an electrolyser to produce a low-cost, ...
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Government publishes tax benefits guide for zero-emission vans
The government has published a guide of the tax benefits available to users of ultra-low-emission vehicles (ULEVs). This includes vans used for business purposes.ULEVs are classed as vehicles that produce less than 75g of carbon dioxide for every kilometre travelled.
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DHL Supply Chain's urban concept truck boosting quiet delivery potential in cities
When DHL Supply Chain launched its urban concept truck at Quiet Cities in November 2014, it was looking to take the first steps in helping to transform industry efforts to make city deliveries cleaner, safer and quieter.Alongside the work of Clocs for the construction sector, DHL wanted to show the ...
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Research to explore barriers preventing widescale uptake of low-emission CVs
Element Energy has been commissioned by TfL to explore the barriers preventing operators from wider take-up of low-emission commercial vehicles.The research will help shape TfL’s LoCITY programme, launched in January, which aims to stimulate the uptake of cleaner commercial vehicles across the capital.As part of the research, Element Energy is ...
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Stuttgart to trial battery-operated light duty trucks
German city Stuttgart and parcel firm Hermes have joined forces for a 12-month trial of battery-operated light duty trucks.The five-vehicle trial aims to examine the zero-emission trucks’ capabilities on typical short-radius duties in the city centre.The Municipality of Stuttgart will test four 6-tonne Fuso Canter E-Cells: two with hydraulic tipper ...
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New 'fast fill' CNG station opens in Leyland for HGVs
A new high-pressure compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station is now open for business off junction 28 on the M6 near Leyland, Lancashire.Run by CNG Fuels, in partnership with National Grid, the facility is capable of ‘fast filling’ 500-plus HGVs per day, or as much as 3,500kg of CNG per ...
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Bradshaw Electric Vehicles launches N1 homologated electric vehicle range
Bradshaw Electric Vehicles has launched a range of fully N1 homologated electric road vehicles, which it said are ideal for inner city operations.The range offers 10 standard options, including van body vehicles for last-mile deliveries, high tip or cage body options for the waste industry, and a shuttle bus.With a ...
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TfL launches LoCITY scheme to help freight sector adopt low-emission vehicles
TfL has launched LoCITY, an industry-led programme to help the freight sector make better use of low-emission vans and lorries.The five-year scheme aims to increase availability and uptake of cleaner goods vehicles and will bring together freight and fleet operators, vehicle manufacturers, fuel providers and the public sector.It will create ...
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Liberal Democrat London mayor hopeful Pidgeon backs rush-hour HGV ban
Liberal Democrat mayoral candidate Caroline Pidgeon has called for a peak-time ban on HGVs in central London as part of a package of measures to reduce road freight movements in the capital.If elected, Pidgeon wants to launch a new freight strategy for London that includes incentives for switching commercial deliveries ...
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Sheffield operator working with academics on supply-chain carbon reduction project
DBL Logistics has partnered with the University of Sheffield to provide on-the-road fleet data to help academics shape a new online tool that could help slash the supply chain's carbon footprint.The cloud-based SCEnAT+ system uses the latest Microsoft modelling software to create sector-average benchmarking for companies’ CO2 emissions, which operators ...
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ArticleTevva develops electric truck for city centre deliveries
A range-extended 7.5-tonne electric truck using a chassis cab built by China’s JAC and UK-sourced key components could help combat urban air quality concerns, said developer Tevva Motors. The Brentwood, Essex, company contends that the newcomer can travel for up to 100 miles on battery power only, meaning it can ...
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Fuelling the future; what the trucks of tomorrow will run on (part 2).
Commercial Motor takes a look at what we can expect to see fuelling the trucks of the future and how the industry is making preparations (part two of two).Hybrid methodsMost hybrid applications, though, use diesel/electric technology in one form or another. There are two basic hybrid concepts, series or parallel. ...
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Fuelling the future; what the trucks of tomorrow will run on.
Commercial Motor takes a look at what we can expect to see fuelling the trucks of the future and how the industry is making preparations (part one of two).When many of us were starting off in the industry, predictions about the day the oil runs out suggested that it would ...