Environment

06 November 2014 #SMMT News

£1bn Advanced Propulsion Centre opens for business at the University of Warwick.
Two new projects awarded £32m to research manufacturing technology for electric motors and develop cleaner internal combustion engines, safeguarding 2,500 jobs.

31 October 2014 #CV Sector #Van

Citroën has been presented with the GreenFleet City Car Manufacturer of the Year Award and the GreenFleet LCV Manufacturer of the Year Award. In addition, Citroën was commended in the GreenFleet Fleet Car Manufacturer of the Year category. Martin Hamill,


Readers of Transport News Brief  will be aware how much talk of ‘the future’ has been in the industry of late. Only last week European transport body IRU set up a forum to discuss how road freight  will change over

13 October 2014 #Policy #Top Stories

The International Road Transport Union (IRU), policymakers and industry stakeholders met at a conference on 9 October to discuss the next two decades of road freight transport. The conference decided to establish a ‘reflection group’, which will bring together industry

09 October 2014 #SMMT News

In a major step to diversify the range of low emission vehicles available, £11 million investment has been announced by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) towards the development of a hydrogen fuel infrastructure in the UK.

01 October 2014 #Policy #Top Stories

Following a recent study by London-based think-tank LowCVP on the subject of ‘fuel decarbonisation’, a new Transport Energy Task Force has been established. The Task Force will help the government to formulate options for meeting the 2020 renewable energy directive

01 October 2014 #Policy #Top Stories

New EU rules have been adopted to ensure alternative fuel infrastructure is in place across Europe. Common standards for the design and use of alternative refuelling points have been proposed, with measures including a common charging plug for electric vehicles.

29 September 2014 #CV Sector #News

Argos is set to become the first retailer to use LNG/CNG low-emission vehicles. The five new compressed natural gas-fuelled trucks, supplied by Scania, will be on the road by the end of this year helping to deliver stock to Argos

24 September 2014 #SMMT News

To measure a car’s official fuel consumption – the figure which manufacturers use on all technical and marketing material – it must undertake the New European Drive Cycle (NEDC).

There are a number of myths that surround the way in which the test is carried out. So here, in seven simple points, are the unadulterated truths about NEDC.

11 September 2014 #SMMT News

Ford has reached its landmark three millionth low-carbon diesel engine to be produced at the company’s manufacturing centre in Dagenham. The site produces over 30,000 engines a month, and has been building the small-capacity diesel engines since May 2007.

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