EV and hybrid

Nissan e-NV200, electric vans, Fortem fleet.

Nissan e-NV200 electric vans join Fortem fleet

Fortem is on a mission to convert 10% of its fleet to electric vehicles with Nissan’s market-leading e-NV200 van.

14 Aug

New electric CV proposals raises risk management issue for drivers

Proposals could increase the ceiling for driving a commercial vehicle on a standard Category B licence from the current 3.5 tonnes to 4.25 tonnes.

10 Aug

Palletways announces £50,000 fleet investment

Palletways’ owned depots in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Oxford have invested in a new fleet of electric pump trucks.

8 Aug

BD Auto: Electric vans are 'the way to go'

UK industry newcomer, BD Auto, looks to convert diesel fleets to electric vehicles by offering to rent them vans with a promise to match wholelife costs

Business profiles - supplier 2 Aug

First drive: Peugeot Partner and Citroën Berlingo van review (gallery)

Citroën and Peugeot between them take the lion’s share of the small van market, with the Berlingo and Partner, as discovered in our latest electric van review.

31 Jul

Royal Mail to purchase 100 electric vans

Royal Mail will purchase 100 electric Peugeot Partner vans, to be used by postmen and women on their delivery rounds.

28 Jul

Ban on new diesel vans revealed in Government’s air quality plan

The Government’s new air quality plan says it will ban the sale of all new "conventional” fossil fuel vans by 2040.

27 Jul

Low-emission HGV trial launched by Cenex

Logistics provider Kuehne and Nagel will trial the effectiveness of low-emissions heavy-goods HGVs with demanding-duty cycles.

27 Jul

Fraikin’s 12-tonne Iveco utilises KERS device in ‘world first’

A 12-tonne Iveco Eurocargo from Fraikin’s rental fleet has become what is believed to be the world’s first rigid truck to utilise motor racing-style Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) regenerative braking technology.

11 Jul

UPS to increase electric vehicles by 50% with UK Power Networks tie-in

UK Power Networks and logistics company UPS are set to increase the number of electric vehicles operating from one of central London’s biggest depots by almost 50%.

7 Jul