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This week’s release of Light Commercial Vehicle registrations show the industry stepping forward – albeit with many unknowns ahead. Q1 2021 saw LCV registrations rise 43% compared to the same period last year just before the pandemic hit, with most…

Marcus Youden, Quick Release product director Two years on from the UK Government’s Road to Zero, CV operators and manufacturers have had time to digest implications and consider responses. The timeline particularly focused manufacturers’ minds as CVs typically enjoy longer…

On Monday I headed out for my usual evening walk, and stopping on Spiney Hill Bridge, I looked down at stationary traffic on the M25. Over a year since I have seen that, and it bought back almost fond memories: normally…

Tiger Trailers joint managing director, Steven Cartwright In a year that is already proving just as busy and challenging – but at the same time rewarding – as the pandemic-gripped preceding one, and with 2021’s clocks having only just moved…

Collaboration and cooperation was the key theme today at our flagship Electrified event, and it was a real pleasure for me to see first-hand how quickly the Race to Zero – where cars are often the focus – has accelerated through…

It is an oft repeated saying that “you wait for one bus and then three turn up at the same time.” Very fittingly, over the past few days we have seen three new DfT bus announcements: the ZEBRA scheme, the…

There continues to be a lot of debate on decarbonisation, but this year we see air quality returning to the top of the agenda as social distancing restrictions begin to lift. This month sees the Clean Air Zone (CAZ) in…

It’s been a very busy week in the commercial vehicle world. On Monday, London introduced its tougher Low Emission Zone and Direct Vision Standard; Wednesday was the Budget; and today we’ve released the latest LCV registration figures. Across the UK,…

2021 is the first year for China to roll out “the 14th Five Year Plan” and also marks the beginning of Chinese government’s pledge on carbon emission peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. The transportation sector will play…

While indeed anything can happen in the next few weeks, the good news is we have a roadmap out of lockdown. In the meantime, deliveries will remain crucial for consumers and business alike, which bodes well for fleet utilisation and…