Four and a half years on from its original announcement, Tesla has begun to take deposits for the Semi electric tractor unit.
Volvo Trucks and Deutsche Post DHL Group have signed a cooperation agreement to accelerate the shift to zero exhaust emission vehicles.
Following its UK debut at ITT Hub in 2021, DAF Trucks’ New Generation DAF range – comprising XF, XG and XG+ models – has picked-up the prestigious International Truck of the Year Award 2022. This week sees market-leading DAF Trucks return to Farnborough with examples of it award winning truck range plus a zero-emission LF Electric 19-tonner.
Mercedes-Benz has launched a revised version of its MirrorCam mirror replacement system, which was first launched in 2018.
Meachers Global Logistics has expanded its fleet with six new specialist vehicles as part of a £1.5million investment programme designed to offer a wider range of services to customers.
Operation Brock – a Kent traffic management system intended to keep vehicles moving when there is disruption to travel across the English Channel – is leaving hundreds of HGV drivers stuck without access to basic hygiene facilities, food and water, according to Logistics UK, one of the UK’s biggest business groups.
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.
Barclays and Clean Growth Fund (CGF), the UK venture capital fund, have co-invested £3m in Sunswap, a UK clean-technology company.
Peterborough-based AB Agri has strengthened its relationship with Volvo Trucks, with the pig and poultry feed manufacturing side of its business, ABN, taking on 12 new Volvo FM 460 Globetrotter 6×2 tractor units.
DAF Trucks has again topped 30% market share in the UK for trucks above 6.0-tonnes GVW. With a total of 31.1% in 2021, it is the third year in succession that DAF Trucks has exceeded 30% and is the company’s second highest ever share of the market after its 32% high-point in 2020.
