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Volvo Trucks is opening its very first battery assembly plant. Located in Ghent, Belgium, the plant will supply ready-to-install batteries for Volvo Trucks’ full electric heavy-duty trucks. “This investment shows our strong commitment to electrifying truck transportation. By 2030, at least 50 per cent of all trucks we sell globally will be electric and by…

MAN Truck & Bus took the wraps off their new electric TGX tractor unit by showing it being driven for the first time as they prepare for the truck to run through pre-production trials. Due to be launched on the market in 2024, the big news is the truck’s capacity for future megawatt charging. ABB…

Given the current situation with Russia and the interruption of natural gas supplies across Europe, you could be forgiven for thinking that the gas-powered truck is set to become a piece of motoring history. Nonetheless, you would still be mistaken.  The real win from a gas-engined truck is not the use of slightly cleaner and…

Transport Minister Trudy Harrison MP has announced £200 million in government funding to continue its zero-emission HGV trials. This will help enable the logistics industry’s journey to decarbonisation, according to the business group. However, the right supporting infrastructure, including refuelling networks and sufficient power supply, must be in place for these vehicles to offer real…

Most skips are used in urban environments and the truck used to deliver and collect them can travel further than most dustcarts – with drivers in an out of the cab nearly as frequently.  This means that ease of cab access combined with excellent pedestrian visibility should be a must. It was these qualities and…

A Scania has once again – for the sixth year in a row – been named “Green Truck” for its outstanding transport efficiency and fuel performance. This time Scania entered a truck with the new Super-based powertrain. All the manufacturers of heavy trucks in Europe are invited to this prestigious comparison test that is organised…

The first of the large-cabbed DAF XG trucks are hitting the UK’s roads. One more has just arrived with its new owners – who have a further five to come shortly. JSP Hauliers in Manchester has taken delivery of its first New Generation DAF truck – a DAF XG+ 530 FTG – as part of…

In what is one of the largest and most significant deployments of zero emission trucks in the UK to date, 20 DAF LF Electric vehicles are entering service with a range of public bodies including the National Health Service (NHS) and Local Authorities, as part of the Battery Electric Truck Trial (BETT) funded by Department…

Volvo Trucks’ automated I-Shift gearbox now changes gear even more quickly. The faster response provides improved driveability and smoothness to the driving of both diesel and electric heavy-duty trucks. The significant driveability improvement, which has been added to drivelines at all emission levels, is achieved by the new way in which the I-Shift gearbox interacts…

This year’s Hillhead – the UK’s largest quarrying, construction and recycling exhibition – is again being held as a live event on June 21-23, 2022. And Goldhofer will be making its debut there. Together with its UK sales partner Specialist Trailer Hire (STH) Ltd., Goldhofer will be presenting its wide range of vehicles for handling…

South Gloucestershire Council has taken delivery of seven new Volvo FMX 330 6×4 and two FMX 330 4×4 rigids, each mounted with a snow plough and gritting body. Supplied by Stuart Pearce, EV & Fleet Solutions Manager at Truck and Bus Wales and West, the nine new FMXs join a 45-strong HGV fleet, 15 of…

Volta Trucks has revealed the forthcoming 7.5- and 12-tonne Volta Zero variants – the second product family in its full-electric vehicle range. The company claim to be already sitting on a total order bank of around 6,000 vehicles for their 16-tonne version, with an order value of circa €1.3 billion. The 7.5- and 12-tonne Volta…

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….

Even if a truck only works within a 10 mile radius of its base, it has to be reliable and safe.  To buy their first truck for local operation, Wessington Cryogenics chose a Mercedes Actros. The 18-tonne Actros was supplied by local Dealer Bell Truck and Van and boasts the manufacturer’s new MirrorCam system. The…

MAN is restarting truck production this week. Production had been at a standstill for six weeks since mid-March due to supply shortfalls caused by the Ukraine war at MAN’s truck plants in Munich and Krakow. MAN’s components plants in Nuremberg and Salzgitter are now also gradually ramping up their capacities again. The restart in Munich…

Have you ever wondered why you can have a FAT, FAG, FAR, FAN, FAX and FAT DAF truck? In addition to the model groups, such as the LF, CF and XF, DAF have a naming convention for the axle configuration. It’s not all as straightforward as just a 6×2.  How do we know where the…

They are reliable and they are good on fuel. That’s the view of Bulk transport operator M E Saunders & Sons who have taken delivery of a new Volvo FM 500 Globetrotter 6×2 tractor unit, with two more set to follow. The business runs other brands but believes that Volvo make the right truck for…

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…

Boxer, Goliath and Tommy Boy are names that hark back to a bygone era of road transport. They’re also the names chosen by Black Country haulier FSW Storage & Distribution to adorn its latest Mercedes-Benz trucks. The fourth-generation family concern is proud of its long history, so decided to call its new Actros tractor units…

ND Young Transport has calculated its new Volvo FH 540 6×2 tractor unit will save it roughly £7,600 per year in fuel costs versus the truck from a rival manufacturer that its driver was working in before. The haulier and sand and gravel merchant has recently added the FH, equipped with Globetrotter XL cab, to…