All Operations articles – Page 17
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FCZ ArticleLow carbon freight hub will be first in Wales
Freight forwarder FSEW has partnered with battery storage specialist Zenobē to help establish a new low carbon freight hub in Cardiff.
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FCZ Article‘Bold’ operators at the forefront of fleet transition offered financial incentives
Infrastructure specialists Aegis Energy is offering discounts on electric charging rates to operators at the forefront of the transition to clean transport.
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FCZ ArticleSuccessful trial of 42-tonne electric lorry at North East transport firm
AV Dawson Transport has trialled a 42-tonne, fully electric HGV and found it delivered a reduction in carbon emissions of 2.3 tonnes in just 10 days.
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FCZ ArticleMAN to integrate diesel and electric truck lines
MAN Truck and Bus has announced series production of electric trucks at its Munich plant. From now on, both electric and diesel trucks will be produced in a fully integrated mixed production process on the same line.
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FCZ ArticleGermany trials inductive charging motorway for electric lorries
Germany has launched its first one-kilometre motorway test track for dynamic inductive charging to assess the technology’s potential for electric lorries and long-haul freight operations.
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FCZ ArticleScottish hauliers offered funding to support transition to net zero
The Scottish government is offering funding worth up to £400,000 to help hauliers address workforce challenges relating to the switch to zero emission HGVs.
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FCZ ArticleAsda boosts home delivery EV fleet to nearly 200 vehicles
Asda is more than doubling its electric grocery home shopping fleet and spending £1.3m launching an additional 112 home delivery vans and charging points at stores across the country.
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FCZ ArticleVoltempo leads the charge at Road Transport Expo
Voltempo will unveil its new chargepoint that forms part of its HyperCharger Megawatt Charging System at Road Transport Expo later this month.
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FCZ ArticleHydrogen’s role in UK decarbonisation must not be overlooked
Hydrogen technologies are a viable solution to decarbonising the haulage sector, but investment is required to help the UK reach its net zero ambitions, according to a government-funded research group.
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FCZ ArticleDaimler Truck and Toyota to hold equal shares in new ‘Japanese truck powerhouse’ with decarbonisation in its sights
A new holding company combining Daimler Truck and Toyota Motor Corporation aims to establish “a new strong Japanese truck powerhouse” and strengthen the commercial vehicle business globally through the development of ‘connected, autonomous, shared, electric’ (CASE), vehicles, including hydrogen vehicles.
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FCZ ArticleACEA warns fines for missed emissions targets will cripple European truck makers
Hundreds of thousands of European jobs are at risk unless urgent action is taken to address the commercial vehicle industry’s inability to meet 2030 CO₂ reduction targets, according to Christian Levin (pictured), chief executive of Traton Group and current chairman of ACEA’s Commercial Vehicle Board.
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FCZ ArticleRecord-breaking fleet order charges up BT Group’s net zero plans
Fleet management and leasing firm Holman has delivered the first 750 electric vans to BT Group as part of a huge 3,500 order to help decarbonise the telecoms giant.
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FCZ ArticleIJ McGill joins eFREIGHT consortium
Family-run IJ McGill Transport has become the latest company to join the government’s eFREIGHT 2030 consortium and operate electric lorries in order to help shape the future of zero emission HGVs.
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FCZ ArticleDHL to lease 30 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric trucks
DHL Group has signed a new partnership with Daimler Truck and commercial vehicle rental firm hylane to deploy 30 fully electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 trucks in Germany by mid-2026. The lorries will be used for inter-parcel-centre transport in DHL’s Post & Parcel Germany division.
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FCZ ArticleWincanton ramps up net zero drive with 24 new electric-powered HGVs
Wincanton has taken delivery of the first tranche of 24 new 40+ tonne electric-powered trucks today (4 June), marking a milestone in the group’s goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2040.
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FCZ ArticleKuehne+Nagel UK and Milence demonstrate benefits of electric HGV fleet
Logistics firm Kuehne+Nagel and truck charging network specialist Milence have come together to demonstrate the advantages of electric road freight.
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FCZ ArticleVeolia boosts fleet with 14 electric RCVs after landing Camden Council contract extension
Veolia has secured an eight-year extension to its recycling and waste contract with Camden Council starting from April 2025, which will see it introduce 14 new electric refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) and three electric bikes.
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FCZ ArticleDP World joins groundbreaking JOLT test to accelerate adoption of electric HGVs
DP World has joined the pioneering Joint Operators Logistics Trial (JOLT), deploying two fully electric HGVs from its Swindon base.
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FCZ ArticleLidl offers trucks access to charging facilities on its Dutch sites
Supermarket Lidl has invited heavy duty truck users to “charge your electric trucks with us using 100% green energy” at its sites in the Netherlands.
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FCZ ArticleCat B drivers get green light to operate 4.25 tonne electric vans
Drivers holding Cat B licences will be able to drive an electric or hydrogen-powered van with a maximum authorised mass (MAM) of up to 4.25 tonne, from 10 June this year, so long as the vehicle is a zero emission vehicle, the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) has confirmed.