Commercial

Hijackers are facing a challenge which has the potential to make it more difficult for them to get away with their crimes. New technology has been introduced aimed at drastically reducing the amount of time during which an alert for...

Groupe Renault has announced the acquisition of French company Power Vehicle Innovation (PVI), with a view to accelerating growth in its light commercial vehicle business. A statement said PVI – which converts commercial vehicles to run on natural gas or...

Vehicle tracking and fleet management specialist Ctrack recently enabled long-haul transporter Massyn Vervoer to identify diesel theft and fraud within the company. Though Ctrack has been tracking Massyn Vervoer’s fleet for the past 15 years, the transport company recently identified...

Serco has once again reinforced its high quality custom building capability by producing two fully-equipped trailers for use as mobile learner driver license test centres. The 12,5m-long trailers were built for PCubed (Pty) Ltd, and are currently being used in Mpumalanga...

A British supermarket has become Europe’s first retailer to make use of a biomethane gas fuel; a gas extracted from food waste, providing over 800km of travel. Gas provider, CNG Fuels based in the UK, says the upmarket supermarket chain...

MAN Truck & Bus, together with the Austrian Council for Sustainable Logistics (CNL), have signed an agreement to begin testing electrically-powered vehicles. In signing the development partnership agreement, the companies have initiated the introduction of electric drives in medium and...

Bridgestone South Africa has launched a new addition to its Firestone FS404 range of heavy-duty tyres. Initially available only in 315/80 R22.5 size, the FS404 is now also available as a 12 R22.5 variant; optimised for duty on steer,...

Mercedes-Benz Trucks is planning customer trials of its small series, heavy-duty eTruck for short-radius distribution. Part of Daimler Trucks’ electric vehicle initiative, the trial involves handing over the new trucks to selected customers from different industry sectors throughout Europe. Mercedes-Benz...

In order to reduce its carbon footprint, automobile manufacturer Skoda will be introducing five Scania CNG-powered trucks for use at its main assembly plant in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. Four of the trucks will be used to transport car...

Daimler commercial vehicle brands once again secured first place in five categories – trucks, vans, telematics, rental/leasing and fuel cards – at German magazine Verkehrs Rundschau’s annual Image Awards ceremony held recently in Munich. It was the fourth consecutive time...