CV Sector

British electric van company Arrival has received €100M of investment from Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation. The deal marks the start of a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the adoption of commercial electric vehicles globally. It will also…

Amazon has installed 60 charging stations to support the operation of a new fleet of StreetScooter WORK Box electric vans operating out of its depot in Munich. The company has taken delivery of 40 of the German-built vans as it…

Third party logistics company Bibby Distribution has completed a four-year vehicle replacement programme designed to reduce the environmental impact of its 500-strong fleet. The company’s fleet is now completely Euro VI compliant, with DAF, MAN, Mercedes-Benz and Renault trucks all…

Everyone knows just how stressful Christmas can be, but for those in the transport and logistics sector the pressure can be even more extreme. The run-up to Christmas, now preceded by the dual double peak of Black Friday and Cyber…

DAF Trucks is introducing a new Remote Tacho Download function to its DAF Connect fleet management platform. The feature will allow operators to read, store and analyse the memory of driver cards and tachographs online and in real time. This…

The SMMT will be taking a delegation to the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis from the 3 – 6 March 2020. Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, the show is North America’s largest commercial vehicle event, providing an inside look at the…

Specialist haulier Chris Wright Ltd has turned to Teletrac Navman as it takes its first steps into digital fleet management. The company, which is best known for transporting specialist loads – everything from heavy duty excavators and bulldozers, to helicopters…

The first operators to add DAF’s CF Electric to their fleets have now clocked up a combined mileage of more than 150,000 kilometers – enough to travel around the earth four times. A total of six fully-electric trucks have been…

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has given the first glimpse of its all-new Caddy before the van’s full reveal later this year. The sketches from early stages of the model’s development illustrate what the brand describes as its ‘self-confidence’ in entering the…

The British-built Vauxhall Vivaro van – the latest generation of which was launched in 2019 – helped Vauxhall to a 27% increase in sales volume last year. Built at Vauxhall’s recently transformed plant in Luton, the popularity of new Vivaro…