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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 with the required charging infrastructure, will be fitted with data logging equipment and used to support the UK Government’s Department for Transport (DfT) efforts to…

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 the total to 160 – around 50% of the company’s core hub tractor fleet. Driven by its commitment to reducing climate impact and air pollution…

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 plan to have it in full series production sometime next year. At the moment, the testing is being carried out by engineers with customer tests…

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 gas, then storing it in a truck and turning it back into electricity again.  It is not a pure battery electric vehicle, as the number…

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 first major step is to invest in a pair of DAF CF tractor units – a trial before an order for a further 10 units…

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 well worth waiting for.  DAF used the show as their opportunity to get their new XG range of long distance cabs in front of the…

When a truck manufacturer brings out a new model, they are usually highly detailed in their description. Over the course of a few years this information starts to get put to one side and forgotten about as newer models take their place. As a used truck site, we feel that is important to keep this…

National distribution and warehousing specialists, Romac Logistics, has become one of the very first operators in the UK to press the new IVECO S-WAY Natural Power into service. Joining a fleet of 220 trucks are 10 new 4×2 IVECO S-WAY AS440S46T/P NP CNG tractors. A further order that will double this is currently being finalised….

It’s not every day that you hear anyone complaining that trucks are too quiet.  Well, this seems to be the case for Volvo Trucks and their new range of electric vehicles.  In order to meet forthcoming UK legislation the company has had to develop some noises for their trucks. The noise – designed to be…

If you are pulling a tanker load of fuel, then it makes sense for the vehicle to use that fuel.  It would be ironic if the tractor unit towing a ‘green’ LNG tanker destined for road use was fuelled by diesel. That’s exactly what Worthing-based AD Fuels has managed to avoid in growing its fleet…

Quite a coup for Iveco to get 29 tractor units into Royal Mail.  The fact that they are all powered by gas (Bio-CNG) is even more impressive. Over the course of coming weeks, the IVECO Stralis NP 460 CNG-fuelled trucks will be introduced to the Company’s fleet in the North West of England, in addition…

It’s all well and good buying your first electric truck (if you can afford it) but the question of recharging has to be dealt with prior to the delivery of the vehicles. Can you charge them overnight? Do they need a quick top-up during the day? How many trucks will have to be charged at…

Our roads are set to become much cleaner and quieter as Volvo Trucks start their sales of heavy-duty trucks for delivery next year.  With the major industrialised countries becoming more focused on their emission targets, and vying to be the greenest, reducing emissions from road transport could have a significant effect on our environment.  At…

At Truckpages we publish the launch blurb for new trucks, as, in a few years time, they will be used trucks and it is good to be able to check the specification changes that took place for a particular facelift. This type of information is hard to come by elsewhere, as the truck manufacturers tend…

Germany has introduced a generous scrappage scheme aimed at helping both the German truck operators and the German truck manufacturers alike. The government is focusing more strongly on the environmental & safety benefits that the scrappage scheme can bring – we all know that a Euro 6 truck produces 80% less NOx than a Euro…

The team behind the Truckpages website have been beavering away to bring some exciting new features to the popular used truck website.  Here’s a flavour of some of the changes. Search by Type of Vehicle Many truck dealers sell more than just trucks.  They will often have trailers, vans and sometimes even plant that they…

But can you afford one? It is great news that UK operators can now order a fully electric, right hand drive rigid or tractor unit from the UK’s market leading truck manufacturer.  Whether there are queues of early adopting buyers ready to take on the expense of one is quite another question. DAF are always…

This is good news for the natural gas-powered truck initiative. If a haulage company buys the same truck again at the end of a 30-month contract, then it must have worked well. No small haulier can afford to be a charity or so altruistic that they are prepared to operate trucks that are not up…

There are plenty of electric vans running around the UK’s cities – there are even a number of 7.5 and 10-tonne trucks busy making urban deliveries. Volvo Trucks have now supplied the UK’s first purpose-built, fully electric 16 tonner to DHL for operation in central London. The Volvo FL Electric 4×2 rigid is now part…

With the launch of a new generation of trucks, there is always plenty of information available from the truck manufacturers explaining why the new trucks are better than the outgoing models and better than the competition. MAN Truck is no different.  Here they are giving us all some insight into their strategy for trucks destined…