Royal Mail has hit its first milestone in its Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) rollout to fuel its heavy goods vehicle (HGV) fleet, using over 10 million litres and saving over 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. HVO is a renewable…
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£1.8 million Government boost for innovation to decarbonise freight
The UK government has released £1.8 million in funding to accelerate the development of more efficient, sustainable, and smarter deliveries, helping to decarbonise freight in the UK. Roads Minister Guy Opperman is launching the third year of the £7 million Freight…
South Derbyshire District Council trials Hydrogen RCVs
Following a funding bid, South Derbyshire District Council (SDDC) has been awarded a grant via Innovate UK and Local Enterprise Partnership D2N2 to conduct a six-month trial of two hydrogen dual-fuel refuse vehicles and the supporting temporary refuelling infrastructure. Converted…
We need a revolution in urban freight if we are to achieve zero emissions from urban transport
A new study from Clean Cities shows that if cities transform how goods move around our cities, we can expect a significant impact on cutting carbon emissions. Urban freight currently makes up around 25% of all carbon emissions from city road transport…
Analysing decarbonisation
MHTech CEO Anders Moe tells FVI that a deep-dive analytical approach to decarbonisation can help operators choose the right vehicle and infrastructure for their specific circumstances, reducing the cost and timescale of the transition. Up to 20,000 RCVs operate in…
Call for policy to support H2 HGVs
The H2Accelerate collaboration has published the latest in a series of whitepapers calling for a more robust UK policy framework to support hydrogen trucks and proposing changes that would enable the rollout of a large-scale hydrogen trucking sector. The latest…
From kitchen to vehicle – powering vehicles with cooking oil
Could used cooking oil revolutionise our approach to fuel consumption and sustainability? Dominic Wyatt from the International Drivers Association argues that cooking oil is a biofuel that could play an essential role in a fossil-fuel-free future. Vast amounts of used…
Simplifying the transition
Fleet managers transitioning large fleets of internal combustion engine vehicles to electric must manage the large-scale installation of varied charging infrastructure, often across multiple sites, while juggling operational requirements. Karolina Younger from Jumptech explains how electrification management platforms can help simplify and speed up EV infrastructure installations for fleet managers.
Homes powered by RCVs
Veolia has completed a pioneering vehicle-to-grid trial in the UK using RCVs as a flexible energy source. FVI reports. At Veolia’s Deep Dive Energy Event in London in January, the company unveiled its V2G innovation to enable RCVs to power UK homes…
Fleet powered by waste
Westminster City Council and Veolia UK have rolled out the UK’s largest electric refuse collection fleet powered by an energy-from-waste facility—a world first for the local authority municipal fleet industry. Fleet Vision International met the council’s Waste & Recycling Manager, Jarno Stet,…