Four Citroën C4 Picasso demonstrators equipped with autonomous driving features have already travelled 60,000 km in "hands off" mode.

Thrifty Car and Van Rental has expanded its nationwide network by opening its third branch in Birmingham, Birmingham Central.

A skip firm has been suspended from operating vehicles for a month by the region’s Traffic Commissioner, Nick Denton.

Nissan is now to offer a five year/60,000 mile warranty on all new Nissan e-NV200s sold in Europe.

Nissan has launched its NV300 medium panel van at the Hanover IAA show.

Fleet Logistics has gone live in Latin and Central America with global agri-business Syngenta, managing a fleet of around 1,600 vehicles.

Bosch has launched the VisionX truck concept, which demonstrates its latest CV technologies, including platooning, hybrid powertrain and connected logistics.

Greentomatocars has introduced Greenroad telematics to help it increase safety and improve driver behaviour.

Former Hitachi Capital director Chris Tarry has launched Access Generation, a new social enterprise that will provide free practical guidance to businesses to help them make the workplace more accessible for inexperienced young people.

The ACEA is urging EU policy makers to keep on track with their efforts to reflect the complexity of the truck and bus market.

Volkswagen has revealed its e-Crafter electric van concept vehicle, for zero emission city centre delivery traffic.

Pia Wilkes has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA).

Cash for car schemes will be considered as part of the consultation on the future of salary sacrifice arrangements, HMRC has confirmed to Fleet News.

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Pilgrim Foodservice has stuck with its long-standing temperature-controlled bodywork supplier Gray & Adams for the latest additions to its expanding fleet.

Bentley Motors is to launch a diesel engine in its Bentayga SUV.

Hubio has launched a new fleet tracker called Hubio Fleet at the Commercial Fleet Van and Truck show at Millbrook Proving Ground.

Ford is debuting its new automatic gearbox and Sync infotainment system in the Transit range.

Infiniti is to launch its all-new Infiniti InTouch infotainment services in the new Q60 sports coupe.

Mercedes-Benz is to launch a 4WD 'All-Terrain' edition E-Class.

Fred Sherwood Group has reported significant reductions in vehicle downtime since selecting Vacu-Lug to manage its fleet tyre requirements.

Poll suggests just one in 20 currently get within 5% of official mpg figures.

Waste management and aggregate company Mick George is supporting National Lorry Week with a series of initiatives.

According to a new survey from Cap HPI, one in four dealers expects volumes of pre-registered vehicles to exceed 21% of total new sales in September.

Rolec EV has launched a new public EV charge point management system called EV Charge Online.

Employees at contract hire and fleet management specialists Agility Fleet have raised £8,000 for Worcestershire-based charity Rees Foundation.

Fleet Forward LLP has launched a multi-faceted software solution operating on Android smartphone and Android PDA.

Prestige Fleet Servicing has launched a mobile servicing solution to help fleets cut vehicle downtime.

Fleet Management Live close to sell-out as fleet registrations surge ahead.