Tractor

Future compliance with Direct Vision Standards and Clean Air Zones were among the factors that led Cheshire-based D Morgan plc to choose Volvo for the 32 latest additions to its fleet. The company’s purchase of 31 FMX 8×4 rigids and…

A combination of more fuel-efficient trucks and the introduction of new telematics has helped Sheard Packaging improve fuel efficiency by 20%, recent figures show. The Halifax-based packaging and waste management company added a dozen Renault Range T460 tractor units fitted…

Online vehicle remarketing company Copart UK has significantly expanded its fleet with the addition of 79 new car transporters. Based on DAF and Volvo models, the mix of seven and eight car transporters have been built to Copart standards by…

American operators Penske Truck Leasing and NFI Industries have taken delivery of Daimler Truck’s first all-electric tractor units. The Freightliner heavy-duty eCascadia class 8 trucks were delivered as part of Daimler Trucks’ expansion of its field tests in North America.…

The US Department of Energy has awarded Nikola Motor Company a $1.7 million grant to advance its research into fuel cell membrane electrode assembly (MEA). The move is designed to accelerate the company’s work to develop future trucks offering cleaner…

Renault Trucks is to double production of its flagship Range T High model to meet growing demand from customers in the UK and Ireland. Launched in 2017, the Range T High has proved popular with both operators and drivers with…

Asset Alliance Group will supply road, sea and air transport distribution provider, Transol Logistics, with seven new DAF XF 530 tractors on a two-year, full maintenance contract hire basis, The deal was struck following a competitive tender process as the…

These days the name Volvo is synonymous with automotive safety and this year marks the 60th anniversary of the one innovation that’s done more than any other to establish that link in the public consciousness…the three-point safety belt. Now such…

Iveco has appointed Sascha Kaehne as its new business director for the UK and Ireland, replacing Stuart Webster. Kaehne had been the brand’s business director for Heavy Trucks in the EMEA region since 2017, before which he was managing director…

Asset Alliance Group has delivered a fleet of 56 new tractor units to Cross Transport, for operation on its contract with leading e-commerce business, Amazon. The full-service contract hire deal, valued at approximately £4.5 million, sees the supply of a…