5+ hour, 33+ min ago   (518+ words) European truck manufacturers are facing a new kind of competition: electric trucks from overseas brands are no longer simply trying to undercut them on price, but are beginning to match — and in some cases exceed — them on range, payload and…...

1+ day, 31+ min ago   (772+ words) The trucks are operating in a different setting now, which means that making a route choice can have an impact on fuel savings, delivery schedules, drivers’ working hours, compliance, mileage, and customer satisfaction. This leads to a change in attitude…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1176+ words) Agnieszka Kulikowska - Wielgus The first weeks under the new rules have made one thing clear: the change involves far more than installing another device in a vehicle. The tachograph requirement has changed a core part of the international light-transport business…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (644+ words) A recovery firm has been ordered to pay £18,620 after transporting roadworthy vehicles without an operator’s licence, in a DVSA case that shows when vehicle recovery becomes ordinary haulage. Illustrative image. Recovery vehicles may require an operator’s licence when used for…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (539+ words) MAN Truck & Bus and its partners are planning to invest around €700 million in the manufacturer’s European sales and service network by the end of 2030, with new workshops, battery repair capability and truck charging among the priorities. MAN Truck & Bus The…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (652+ words) Transport inefficiencies are increasingly translating into commercial losses for UK businesses, with one in three organisations saying logistics problems have cost them customers or market share, according to new research from GXO. The findings come from a survey of more…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (800+ words) Agnieszka Kulikowska - Wielgus ACEA’s figures show two very different rates of change in European road transport. Sales of new electric trucks are growing quickly, but their impact on the fleet already in service remains limited. During the first half of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (492+ words) A tyre defect is now behind one in four trailer breakdowns on Britain's busiest roads — and working trailers, not caravans, are driving the surge, according to road safety charity TyreSafe. Tyre-related breakdowns involving working trailers are rising sharply on Britain’s…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago   (615+ words) Operators made considerable progress in preparing for Mobility Package I. In Kienzle Automotive’s follow-up survey, 78% said they were well or very well prepared in June, compared with just under 39% in the spring. The most striking figure is that 15.6% had not started…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (220+ words) UK commercial vehicle production has fallen by more than half this year, but a sharp rise in exports pushed factory output back into marginal growth in June. British plants built 2,717 vans, trucks, buses, coaches and taxis during the month, 1% more…...