Information Trucks News Archive

The manufacturing facility that will be making the Nikola Tre electric heavy-duty trucks was unveiled to the public in Germany, ready to start production by year end. The first Nikola…

Food companies produce food waste.  It’s a fact.  It is what happens to the waste that is important. Rot the waste down and use the gas to power trucks with,…

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has called on government to work with industry to develop a plan that facilitates the transition to zero emission HGVs, before it…

UK HGV market shows signs of recovery after Covid-impacted Q2 2020, with 9,493 vehicles registered. New truck registrations up significantly on lockdown-affected Q2 2020 and remain down by -20.1% on…

Leyland Trucks is to participate in a project designed to help UK operators make the transition to battery electric trucks. A total of 20 DAF LF Electric 19-tonne rigids, together…

Consumer delivery firm Hermes UK is adding a further 70 units to its fleet of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fuelled vehicles in a move to further reduce emissions.  This brings…

Mercedes has a goal in sight – which usually means the company will achieve it.  They are in the final stages of testing their electric Econic for refuse applications and…

According to the UK’s Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, the best way forward for long distance trucks is not hydrogen, as the process is too inefficient converting electricity to a…

It seems that Cardiff-based international freight forwarders, Freight Systems Express Wales (FSEW) is well ahead of the curve.  The business is aiming to be carbon ‘net-zero’ before 2025 and their…

The first ‘Innovation and Technology in Transport’ show finally took place at the end of June at Farnborough airport. The show had been postponed thanks to Covid pandemic, but was…