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Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket chain, is rolling out its first 18 tonne 100% electric truck, a Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide with Solomon Commercials refrigeration body. The new zero-emission refrigerated electric truck is now delivering from Tesco’s Dagenham distribution centre to more than 400 stores in Greater London, with further electric vehicles planned to…

Due to be delivered in Autumn 2022, the electric mixer will be immediately put to work at Tarmac’s Washwood Heath site in Birmingham, supplying essential construction materials to customers across the West Midlands. The company is working with Renault Trucks and Total Vehicle Solutions (TVS) to develop the next generation of mixers, with ambitions for…

Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) is introducing two fully electric HGV trucks to its logistics fleet – the largest in the UK operated by a brewer – as part of the company’s Together Towards ZERO sustainability efforts. The two fully electric Renault Trucks will be on the road by the end of July this year,…

The Traton Group (Scania & MAN), Daimler Truck, (Mercedes & Fuso) and the Volvo Group (Volvo Trucks & Renault Trucks) have completed the final step in forming the previously announced joint venture for charging infrastructure in Europe. The new joint venture, with Anja van Niersen as appointed CEO, is expected to have a significant role…

After upgrading engines in the larger ranges, with both the DE11 and DE13 engines last November, Renault Trucks has turned its attention to the smaller-cabbed versions. This means that by 2023, the manufacturer’s new engine optimisation, a new gearbox and the Fuel Eco+ pack, the Renault Trucks D, D Wide and C 2.3 m 2023…

Dean Hall, truck salesman at Renault Truck Commercials can count this as a good day.  One day earlier, a local haulier with 120 trucks, Knowles Transport, had no Renault trucks on their fleet.  Today he has sold the first two T440 tractor units into the fleet and, no doubt, has sights set on the rest….

Renault Trucks’ dealer for Northern Ireland, Diamond Trucks, has announced that it is expanding its operation to the mainland, establishing a new Approved Renault Trucks dealer in Howley Lane, Warrington, Cheshire.  Operating as Diamond Trucks UK, the 4.5 acre site on Howley Trade Park is located just 2.8 miles from Junction 9 of the M62…

As part of a programme of significant growth within its mixer truck fleet, specialist suppliers of Transport and Plant Hire services, Explore Transport Limited, has added Renault Trucks to its vehicle line-up for the first time.  Supplied by Border Trucks, a total of eight Renault Trucks C430 8x4s – five with Day Cab, two with…

Renault Trucks was early to market with their electric distribution truck range up to 26 tonnes. Since 2020, the manufacturer has been marketing a range of all-electric trucks from 3.1 to 26 tonnes, manufactured in France. Now other manufacturers are starting to catch up, the company has revealed their plans for an electric 44 tonne…

Renault Trucks has unveiled new ambitions in the field of electrifying the world’s trucks, with an offer called E-Tech, making it easier for customers to jump on the E-Bandwagon. For several years now, Renault Trucks has been offering a steadily expanding range of electric trucks and its sales volumes reflect this rapid progress: in 2021,…

The three leading commercial vehicle manufacturing groups Daimler Truck, (Mercedes & Fuso), the TRATON GROUP, (MAN & Scania) and Volvo Group (Volvo & Renault) have now signed an agreement to create a joint venture (JV) to install and operate a charging network for battery electric, heavy-duty long-haul trucks and coaches across Europe. EU500 Million Investment…

After the April upgrade to the interior and cab of the T, T High, C and K ranges, Renault has turned its attention to improving the engines. The manufacturer is equipping these trucks with new DE11 and DE13 Step E engines. Coupled with the integration of advanced technologies, such as Turbo Compound, and dedicated services,…

Renault Trucks UK has added a new service dealer to their network with the opening of a new service point near Glasgow.  Working with Renault Trucks’ wholly owned dealer, Renault Trucks Scotland, A&D Logistics Ltd joins 74 other sites across the UK and Ireland providing specialist support to owner drivers and large fleet operators. Opened…

Renault Truck Commercials has opened the Renault dealer network’s first dedicated parts recycling centre, at the same time as launching a new parts website. Located at the group’s Renault Trucks South dealership in Reading, the new recycling centre is a fully Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) specialising in Renault Trucks Genuine second life parts. The facility,…

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…

Roger Millett, Transport Solutions Executive at Sparks Commercial Services Ltd had a good day when, after cold calling a pallet operator with no Renault trucks on the fleet, he managed to close a deal for two new Renault Trucks. The dealer, Sparks Commercials, reputation for aftersales service helped his case, as did the falling service…

One thing we know about electric trucks is that they are expensive.  It seems that Renault have decided that longer finance terms are the way to mitigate the upfront pain so have supplied a 16-tonne D Z.E. to Warburtons on a ten-year deal. Renault Trucks Guarantees the customer that the batteries will still be good…

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…

Taking a step to move away from a solus supplier after 28 years is a large one.  That’s just what North Powys-based family business, R. Keith Price Haulage Limited, has done.  After being increasingly dissatisfied with their existing supplier’s service, Renault Trucks came to the rescue via – of all things – Facebook. The company…

This is a first in 20 years of covering truck news stories. An upgrade to a range of trucks will be revealed on Euro Truck Simulator 2 before being published elsewhere. Renault Trucks spend a fortune in 2013 on the original reveal of their Euro 6 range including the totally new Range T cab. The…