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CEVA Logistics is undertaking an electric vehicle trial at its Urban Distribution Hub in Dartford, Kent. The trial aims to find ways of reducing the impact of commercial vehicle movements and will focus particularly on electric trucks delivering into central…

British company Williams Advanced Engineering is developing a new Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle set to become the world’s largest hydrogen powered mining truck. The project for global mining giant Anglo Amercian aims to help the latter achieve sustainability challenges as…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised £5bn of funding to upgrade bus and cycle links in every region outside of London over the next five years. The funding will be used to deliver a variety of improvements, including higher frequency…

Birmingham City Council has announced the launch of its new clean air zone (CAZ) has been postponed. The CAZ had been expected to go live on July 1 but the decision to delay was made after problems emerged on the…

“I’m hugely optimistic for the future”. That’s the overarching message from Graham Vidler, CEO of the Confederation of Passenger Transport, the trade association representing 90% of the buses on UK roads and also the majority of coaches. You may have…

Delivery and logistics company DPD has ordered 300 all-electric Nissan e-NV200 vans. The order will more than triple DPD’s current fleet of electric vehicles, taking it to 450 by May. The move is part of the company’s goal of becoming…

EAV – the British manufacturer of a new electrically-assisted ultra-light commercial vehicle for last mile deliveries – is seeing growing interest from overseas markets, according to its boss. Adam Barmby, Founder and CEO, said the company has already delivered vehicles…

The Logistics Skills Report published by the FTA in October found the shortage of HGV drivers in the UK had climbed to 59,000 and that 64% of transport and storage businesses now face severe skills shortages. But with the situation…

Analysis by the Local Government Association has found that local buses are traveling almost 150 million fewer miles a year than they were 10 years ago. According to the latest annual figures, buses in England travelled a distance of 1.18…

More than 8,000 HGV Safety Permits have been issued as part of the Direct Vision Standard so far, according to Transport for London (TfL). However, despite the encouraging start, TfL estimates that around 250,000 HGVs that enter London each year…