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Scania launches One digital platform

Scania launched their One digital platform at this year’s Mobile World Congress; providing a single digital environment for a host of connected services for fleet owners and drivers. Through Scania One, fleet owners and drivers will have access to the most relevant...

Scania puts fuel-saving to the test

Scandinavian truck manufacturer Scania wanted to test just how far fuel consumption improvements have come since the early 1990s. The company pitted a 1992 Streamline 143 V8 prime mover against a new generation S 500 straight six; both setup...

Mercedes-Benz Vans continue to pioneer van safety technology

Mercedes-Benz Vans is increasing the safety of its star-branded vans even further with the aid of in-house accident research. This is the result of an interim evaluation of the activities carried out by a team of specialists over a period...

Continental signs collaborative agreement with Caterpillar

Continental and Caterpillar have signed an agreement to equip Cat Off-Highway-Trucks (model series 770 to 775) with Continental RDT-Master tyres in sizes 18.00R33, 21.00R33 and 24.00R35. The agreement will also see the two companies collaborate on the design of...

New technology slashes vehicle recovery time

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...

Renault widens electric vehicle focus

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...

Curbing diesel theft and fraud

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 displays custom building skills 

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...

Supermarket first to use food-fuelled trucks

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 and CNL to launch eTrucks

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...

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