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DPD has announced Project BREATHE, an air quality monitoring programme focused on six of the UK’s largest cities. The project has already gone live in London and by the end of May will be joined by operations in Birmingham, Leeds,…

While delivery demand has increased during the pandemic, Tesco Grocery Home Shopping has announced it has reduced van fleet CO2 emissions by 7,346 tonnes – reducing fuel consumption by more than 7%. The savings have been achieved through the Lightfoot…

An order of 500 new, fully converted Renault Masters has been supplied to The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), doubling the government body’s existing fleet of MTUs (Test and Trace mobile testing units). The vehicles, which play a…

Arrival will use £660 million raised from listing on the New York stock exchange (value £9.5 billion) to boost production of its electric van. The company plans to manufacture the vehicle in scalable global microfactories with the aim of reducing…

The London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) has made Sortimo its official conversion partner for the new VN5 electric van. Sortimo specialises in custom-made storage solutions, offers an online configurator and has optimised its fifth-generation van shelving system (SR5) for use…

Ford’s next generation Transit Custom range will include an all-electric version when it is launched in 2023. It is the first time the model will be available with a pure electric drivetrain, but the range will also come with mild-hybrid…

The Government’s decision to cut the van and truck plug-in grant has been criticised by leading figures in the commercial vehicle sector. Plug-in van customers had been eligible for a 20% reduction on the vehicle purchase price up to a…

A trial in east London is evaluating a voice-controlled electronic assistant for its potential to optimise delivery vehicle efficiency. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Hermes are trialling the app as a method of supporting delivery drivers and enhancing its parcel delivery…

British Gas, operator of the third largest commercial vehicle fleet in the UK, has placed an order of 2,000 all-electric Vauxhall Vivaro-e vans. The deal is the country’s largest ever CV order of electric-only vehicles – beating Amazon’s Sprinter van…

Kicking off its national electric vehicle rollout, DHL has begun operation of a 14-strong fleet of new Renault ZE Master vans across London. The vans will operate from DHL’s Docklands depot and will serve central London. Vehicles will be recharged…