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ArticleRoyal Mail chooses Manchester hub to add 6,000th electric vehicle to fleet
Royal Mail has added its 6,000th electric vehicle to its fleet
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ArticleAegis Energy to build five clean energy hubs at Sheffield, Immingham, Warrington, Corby and Towcester
Aegis Energy will begin the rollout of 30 clean energy recharging and refuelling hubs for commercial vehicles this year, after securing £100m in funding from investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners.
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ArticleNew Volvo FH Aero gas trucks contribute to Buffaload’s sustainability goals
Temperature-controlled logistics company, Buffaload, has increased its proportion of bio-LNG (liquified natural gas) trucks with the delivery of 20 new Volvo FH Aero gas-powered 6x2 tractor units.
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ArticleFSEW concludes decarbonisation mission with all diesel trucks replaced
Cardiff-based freight forwarder, FSEW, has completed its fleet overhaul with six new Iveco S-Way CNG trucks. The new arrivals replace four diesel vehicles, the last diesels to feature in the company’s fleet. Over the past three years, FSEW has been replacing its diesel trucks with a mixture of CNG and ...
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ArticleBridgestone adds trailer tyre to Ecopia range for reduced fuel consumption
Bridgestone has completed its Ecopia range with the introduction of a trailer tyre. Designed to be the tyre maker’s most fuel efficient offering, from February fleets will be able to fit Ecopia tyres on steer, drive and trailer axles.
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ArticleGB operators pause applications for new generation grid connections
GB’s transmission network operators will stop accepting applications for new generation to connect to the high-voltage electricity transmission network from 29 January. The ‘pause’ is intended to allow networks to implement a new connection process that should speed up new connections. The pause does not apply to demand customers, who ...
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ArticleFORS launches emissions calculator to support fleet decarbonisation
The Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) has launched a free emissions calculator to support operators in understanding their fleet’s well-to-wheel (WTW) CO2 emissions. Developed with TfL and Zemo Partnership, the calculator uses information on vehicle type, fuel type, number of vehicles and typical mileage to create an emissions estimate.
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ArticleM&S rolls out five new Renault eHGVs under eFreight 2030 project
Marks & Spencer is adding five new Renault eHGVs to its clothing and home fleet. Based out of the retailer’s distribution centre in Welham Green, the trucks will deliver to 30 stores in London and the South East.
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ArticleAmazon orders more than 140 new eHGVs
Amazon has placed an order for more than 140 new Mercedes-Benz eActros 600s and eight Volvo FM Electrics. The trucks are due to join the online retailer’s UK fleet over the next 18 months to replace similar diesel trucks.
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ArticleFarming firm trials electric trucks for Sainsbury’s fresh produce
Farming business Strawson has trialled electric HGVs supplied by Voltloader on a contract to supply fresh produce to Sainsbury’s.
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ArticleBradford Council adds electric gritter to fleet
Bradford Council is trialling an electric gritter as part of its plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2038. Supplied on a lease contract from Econ Engineering the EV gritter has a range of up to 170 miles and recharges in under two hours.
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ArticleBed company delivers electric dreams with new Volvo FMs
Hypnos Beds has introduced two new Volvo FM Electrics through its transport and logistics provider DFDS.
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ArticleHyundai XCIENT fuel cell truck with 450km range to transport dry ice in Germany
A new German logistics initiative has introduced a Hyundai XCIENT fuel cell truck for transporting dry ice, which is expected to save around 69,000kg of CO₂ per yea compared to a diesel truck. Nippon Gases Deutschland and the HOYER Group have introduced the first hydrogen-powered lorry specifically ...
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ArticleDP World removes over six million road miles in major rail shift initiative
DP World has announced that its Modal Shift Programme at Southampton has eliminated 64,300 truck journeys from UK roads in its first year, significantly advancing sustainable freight transport.
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ArticleEpisode 2 of the Freight Carbon Zero Podcast is live
We are live with our latest episode of the Freight Carbon Zero podcast - tracking the decarbonisation journey of the commercial vehicle and road freight sector. We cover the infrastructure panel discussion from the recent IAA Transportation 2022 featuring contributions from CV Charging Europe, Linde, bp and e-on where the ...
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ArticleBristol’s Clean Air Zone takes effect from 28 November with £100 fines for non-compliance
Commercial vehicle operators delivering to Bristol will be fined £100 per day for entering the new clean air zone in the city if their vehicles aren’t Euro-6 compliant. The charging zone is being enforced from 28 November 2022. The Bristol clean air zone will cover the city centre and out ...
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ArticleUK battery electric commercial vehicle volumes soar in September despite “big questions” over charging
A battery electric vehicle (BEV) “boom” led to deliveries of electric CVs increasing by 70% last month, but concerns remain about the UK’s charging infrastructure.
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ArticleIveco Group opens its new ePowertrain factory in Turin, the Group’s first carbon-neutral manufacturing facility
FPT Industrial, Iveco’s powertrain brand, officially opened its new ePowertrain factory in Turin (Italy) in October. The manufacturing site is entirely devoted to the manufacture of the electric powertrain line, underlining the expected growing demand for the carbon zero technology. The factory, which covers an area of 15,000sq-m, uses solar ...
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ArticleUS federal court finds Nikola founder guilty of three counts of fraud
The US jury in the Manhattan federal court has convicted Nikola’s founder Trevor Milton of three counts of defrauding investors by misleading them about the technical developments at the company. The 40-year-old billionaire, who resigned as chairman in September, was accused of two counts of securities fraud, ...