The 10,000th vehicle's keys were handed over to Gerhard Dech, purchasing and technical director of Deutsche Bahn, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The vehicle will be used by German Railways' maintenance division. Kangoo Van Z.E. is Europe's best-selling small electric van and accounts for almost 10% of Kangoo van sales. It is also the best-selling […]
The Electric Vehicle Roadmap document – entitled “Switched On Scotland: A Roadmap to Widespread Adoption of Plug-in Vehicles” – comes as the Scottish Government commits to almost complete decarbonisation of the road transport sector by 2050. The move is being led by Scotland’s stringent climate change legislation and targets as well as plans to tackle […]
The latest version of the Skyline web platform – Skyline 7.5 – incorporates a number of key new features which greatly improve usability: · Security: Users can now assign a security zone to an entire group of mobile assets, complete with email or SMS alerts, with just a few mouse clicks. · Fleet Management: Skyline […]
‘More than half (51%) of respondents to our survey said that they would worry about how good a tradesman was if they couldn’t afford to drive a decent work vehicle. And over a third (39%) said they would be concerned about their reliability,’ explained Andy Alderson, managing director of Vanarama. ‘With the economic outlook in […]
According to the TomTom study of UK LCV drivers, 59% said they were more likely to speed or take risks in their work vehicles while more than a third (39%) admit to driving more carefully when using their personal vehicle. The research, conducted among LCV drivers, found 67% of those did so to save money […]
To be launched officially at the forthcoming Frozen and Chilled Food Show on 18-19th September in Peterborough, the Refrigerental vehicle range comprises car derived vans, MWB and LWB panel vans, as well as 3.5 tonne, 7.5 tonne, 18 tonne and 26 tonne rigid trucks with refrigerated box bodies built to ATP Class C standards. Further options […]
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No truck manufacturer has ever renewed its entire range at one stroke – until now. Renault Trucks has been able to call on its incorporation in the Volvo Truck Group and the company’s existing relationships with others to help bring this about. The company has used engines originally designed by Volvo Trucks subsidiary UD Trucks […]
For all vehicles that are equipped with Masternaut’s TACHOfresh “live” or “remote” functionality, the data generated by the digital tachograph is transmitted to the central web portal. Fleet managers can access details on the whereabouts and behaviour of their drivers at any time and from any given place. The TACHOfresh MOBILE app will now make […]
The arrival of the TomTom LINK 100 opens up opportunities for smarter driving apps to be developed as well as usage-based insurance products and even vehicle maintenane and technical services. The device is said to be easy to install and LINK 100 logs vehicle diagnostic information, such as engine rpm, load and temperature, directly from […]
The company operates a fleet of 14 Renault Master vans, used to transport specialist crews to decommission and strip down transformers and other electrical heavy plant, for customers including National Grid and Western Power Distribution. The Lightfoot system advises the driver on how to operate the van in the most fuel-efficient manner, by using real-time audio […]
