Michelin is warning businesses that the cost of driving on under-inflated tyres has risen over an 18-month period, in line with the cost of fuel. In June 2017, average pump prices in the UK reached 116.4 pence per litre for unleaded and 117.4 pence per litre for diesel – an increase of 13.9 per cent […]
The mighty Mercedes-Benz Unimog has delivered a huge efficiency boost for Whatley & Co by taking on the work of no fewer than three previous vehicles. The long-established company specialises in installing water pumps and irrigation systems for agricultural customers, in the area surrounding its base in Wiltshire’s rural Vale of Pewsey. Its new U530 […]
As legal drama continues to surround Uber’s Otto division, Volvo has quietly made progress in developing self-driving trucks. It unveiled an autonomous steering system designed for a very specific job. Volvo developed a self-steering truck to help Brazilian sugarcane farmers preserve their crops. When it’s being culled, sugarcane is transferred from a harvester to trucks […]
Super Clean Electrified Diesel technology tests have shown that diesel cars may have a future by slashing real-world emissions by up to two-thirds. Over the past few months diesel cars have been condemned for their high NO2 emissions output which is harmful to the health of humans. Diesel scrappage schemes and toxin taxes have […]
The Environmental Protection Agency in the US has unveiled its final rules for reducing emissions from heavy-duty trucks, including semitractor-trailers, buses, and other heavy trucks. The agency said the new rules would cut carbon dioxide emissions by 1.1 billion tons, cut fuel costs by USD170 billion, and save roughly 2 billion barrels of oil over […]
The Volvo Group’s new truck engines are more fuel efficient as a result of their intelligent piston design. Waves have been added to the piston crown to improve the use of oxygen. The engineers behind the innovation have now received the Volvo Technology Award 2017. Despite the fact that the internal combustion engine has been […]
Built by Florida-based East Coast Defender, the “Honey Badger” follows the company’s previous “Project Sandstorm” project and has received more than just an engine transplant as it has been subjected to several other hardware changes like a revised transfer case with a limited slip differential, along with a Borla exhaust system In addition, the brake […]
Renault Trucks is continuing its research into improving the energy efficiency of trailer trucks. The FALCON project has set out to develop a complete heavy goods combination to demonstrate an ambitious potential to reduce fuel consumption and therefore CO2 emissions through innovative design. Lower fuel consumption is at the core of the development of Renault […]
Leading truck manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus UK has supplied recovery experts Lantern Recovery with a top-spec MAN TGX 26.560 6×4. It will be going in to operation as a commercial vehicle recovery unit largely covering London and the Home Counties. James Miles Ogden, head of business development at Lantern, said: “We run a fleet […]
This is UVC’s flagship USD285,000, Chevrolet LS3 V-8 powered Land Rover Defender pickup. The company behind this project is East Coast Defender and it was founded by 3 self-prescribed “British petrol heads”; brothers Tom and Elliot Humble, as well as their close friend Scott Wallace. Growing up near the famous Lode Lane factory in England, […]
