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Tell us about what Equipmake does? Equipmake is a leading Tier 1 supplier and developer of electrification technology for the commercial vehicle industry. As well as repowering buses and coaches, the company also carries out conversions of existing vehicles such…

Moving over to operating practices and new technologies that reduce CO2 is a key part of vehicle fleet decarbonisation, but many organisations in the sector recognise that levels of training must increase to meet operational needs. Waste management company Veolia, and…

R J & I Monkhouse has added the 35th Renault Trucks vehicle to its fleet, a 13-litre T520 6×2 Tag for general haulage, to pull flat trailers and transport materials including peat, timber, cement and steel. The Carlisle-based operator’s new…

Alexander Dennis has supplied a new Enviro400 double deck bus to Crosskeys Coaches for a range of uses including its summer service to the Kent coast. The new Enviro400 comes with 85 seats fitted with three-point belts alongside a fixed…

Express transportation company FedEx has begun a two-week pilot of an all-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 300 tractor unit in the UK as the company looks at ways to further reduce emissions. The tractor unit is being used in place of a…

New data on commercial vehicle production in the first six months of 2024 show some normalisation following UK manufacturers’ rapid post-pandemic recovery last year, with more than 11,500 vans, trucks, taxis, buses and coaches leaving Britain’s factories since January. With…

Three weeks on from the General Election and the Kings Speech followed through on Labour’s manifesto commitments to improve many of the UK’s wider industrial needs that will have a significant positive impact on the automotive sector, from green and…

Give us a bit of background about MAHLE? MAHLE is a leading international development partner and supplier to the automotive industry with customers in both passenger car and commercial vehicle sectors. Founded in 1920, the technology group is working on…

Pallet networks are cost-effective and environmentally efficient co-operative organisations made up of hauliers across the UK collaborating to provide next-day freight delivery services, enabling customers to benefit from economies of scale. As part of the business model, hauliers drop loaded…

INEOS Automotive has become an official partner of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), the charity that saves lives at sea. Over the next five years, the INEOS Grenadier will become the official vehicle of RNLI lifeboats and support the…