Parcel delivery company Evri is trialling two electric HGVs this month as it moves to reduce emissions in the first and middle mile of a parcel’s journey. The two Volvo FM electric trucks join the existing fleet, which includes 190 bio-CNG tract…
Zemo Partnership has announced the creation of a new Zero Emission Mobility Taskforce to add momentum to the road transport industry’s transition to net zero. The taskforce will produce a series of Zemo Zero Emission Mobility Roadmaps focused on…
Cambridgeshire-based family business Welch’s Transport has launched its net zero delivery service in Cambridge after taking delivery of a Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide 4×2 curtainside rigid, the first fully electric HGV on its fleet. The new 19 t…
The UK new light commercial vehicle (LCV) market grew for the eighth consecutive month in August, despite it tending to be a smaller volume month ahead of the September plate change, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has reve…
Global hydrogen business developer United H2 Limited (UHL), is planning to expand its presence in the UK and Europe, with a target spend of £250m over the next year and a focus on the hydrogen mobility sector. UHL is the world’s largest hydrogen…
XPO has joined forces with Ares Power to provide logistics services to the company as it expands its green energy operations across the UK and Ireland. Ares Power is part of Kingdom Energy, which is owned by Shanghai Electric. The company provid…
DHL’s fleet for luxury car manufacturer JLR is cutting its CO2e emissions by transitioning to a combination of battery power, bio-CNG and hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) powered HGVs. DHL recently renewed its freight services contract with JLR …
Wincanton has switched 85% of the logistics vehicle fleet serving Screwfix to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), after a trial of the fuel “surpassed” expectations in cutting carbon emissions. Wincanton and the Screwfix Logistics Team launched a …
The RHA is urging politicians and policymakers to learn lessons from the London ULEZ on the journey to net zero and offer greater support for hauliers and drivers to make the transition to cleaner vehicles. The warning comes as the expansion of …
Global transport and logistics firm DSV is to test drive a Volta Zero electric truck as part of the manufacturer’s Driving Experience Programme, which allows hauliers to loan a truck for an extended period to understand how the Volta Zero can in…
ReFuels is collaborating with John Lewis Partnership on the first biomethane HGV refuelling station to be built in the South East of England. Construction has begun on the new station in Aylesford in Kent, which will be able to fuel more than 50…
Many in society have been indoctrinated with the false belief that battery vehicles are ‘zero emissions’ and the solution to all our environmental ills. Thankfully, our commercial vehicle industry is blessed with a pragmatic membership, who have…
A collaboration between logistics platform bodo and all electric courier Packfleet, launched in May this year in a bid to increase carbon-neutral deliveries in London, has seen almost 98% of parcels delivered first-time and not a single parcel d…
Cheshire-based Boughey Distribution has taken delivery of its first electric vehicle – the Volvo FE Electric – following a three-month trial of the vehicle. Supplied by Thomas Hardie Commercials, the vehicle features a bespoke livery to promote …