Renault Range D Truck News ( 21)

Charles Trent Ltd, one of the UK’s largest vehicle recycling companies, has taken delivery of the first three of six new Renault Trucks D16 4×2, with the decision to purchase the D16s influenced by the superior dealer backup service experience, along with the positive history with Renault Trucks’ vehicles. Equipped with Global sleeper cabs, and…

Finding the correct duty cycle for an electric truck is the most important part of the electrification of our road transport system. Grasping the low-hanging fruit in the early stages is vital to prove that electric trucks can work. Warburtons, the UK’s largest bakery brand had already trialled its first 16 tonne electric truck in…

Renault Trucks has helped in the conversion of a 12-tonne diesel truck into a battery-powered electric truck. This electric retrofit project was carried out in collaboration with Novumtech, with financial support from the ADEME, the French Agency for Ecological Transition. The initiative aims to preserve natural resources while reducing the environmental impact of vehicles. The…

Renault Trucks is unveiling the new face of its urban and suburban range trucks, including special features for electric models. The new design draws its inspiration from both the manufacturer’s Light Commercial Vehicles and Heavy-Duty ranges, establishing the Renault Trucks D, D Wide, C 2.3, D Wide LEC (low entry cab) and Renault Trucks E-Tech…

Renault Trucks has revealed an all-electric line-up for waste and recycling operations at the Resource & Waste Management Expo (RWM) at the NEC in Birmingham. Making its UK debut was the new 26 tonne E-Tech D Wide 6×2 low entry cab with bus-style folding door and low step height for ease of entry and exit. …

Electric trucks are perfectly suited to refuse trucks work. Councils typically work to a green agenda. These two points alone should mean that the UK’s refuse truck fleet will be amongst the first to be totally electric. The only sticking point is the cost and therefore typical lifespan of these types of trucks. They are…

Cambridgeshire-based family business, Welch’s Transport, has taken delivery of a Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide 4×2 curtainside rigid, the first fully electric HGV on its fleet.  The new 19 tonne E-Tech D Wide has been selected for the first Net Zero delivery service in Cambridge and is supporting the city’s sustainability goal in reducing direct…

It seems that electric truck sales are becoming more normal transactions that we are starting to see every day. Another business has invested in a pair of electric trucks – not a council or a multinational corporation, but a £150m turnover construction services, building products & logistics company based in Yorkshire and the North of…

Wincanton has selected Renault Trucks as part of its multimillion investment in electric vehicle technology to provide home delivery services for IKEA.  The investment, which support IKEA’s goal of reaching 100% zero emission last mile deliveries by 2025, sees Wincanton purchase ten 16 tonne Renault Trucks E-Tech D16s, part of a 30-vehicle deal which also…

If you are a truck manufacturer selling new trucks, it is a massive advantage to be able to supply them with a reasonably short lead time. This is where Renault Trucks has had an advantage – on top of the quality of service from their dealer, Border Trucks. As a results, Cumbria Logistics, palletised freight…

Prepare to see more and more electric refuse vehicles on the roads of our Towns and cities. Enfield Council’s duty cycle of just 50 miles a day for refuse collection is perfect for full BEV operation, even bearing in mind the additional power requirements of the compactor for waste use. As you would expect, the…

Most operators will have to start taking small steps towards the electrification of at least some of their fleet over the next few years. One pallet distributor Mitchells of Mansfield, has already taken the plunge and has just taken delivery of their first Renault Trucks E Tech D Wide 18-tonne electric curtain-sided truck, supplied by…

Municipal vehicle hire company, CTS Hire, has added its second Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide 26-tonne refuse collection vehicle (eRCV) to its hire fleet, allowing councils and vehicle operators to access eRCV technology on short-term hire for the first time. Supplied by RH Commercial Vehicles, the two Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide electric rear-steer chassis…

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…

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…

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…

It’s all very well truckmakers designing and producing battery electric vehicles, but they need to actually sell a few, otherwise it’s just an exercise in R&D. It seems that Renault have got the ball rolling in the UK, despite the numbers involved not setting the world alight at this stage. 16 Tonne Electric Bread Van…