Kent County Council (KCC) has signed a 15-year contract to continue the Kent Thameside Fastrack service, which will provide a reliable all-electric service within the next year. From November 2024 to April 2025, a fleet of 28 clean-energy, fully electric…
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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…
Comment: Top tips for driver safety
How can fleet managers ensure their drivers’ safety? Barney Goffer, UK Product Manager at Teletrac Navman, highlights four key areas managers must consider regarding safety. For commercial drivers, the cab of their vehicle is their workplace. It’s where they spend…
Streamlining processes
When CLEAN Linen & Workwear needed a fleet management solution to ensure maximum uptime, the business turned to VWFS Fleet for a fast turnaround on fleet renewal. For a business to offer streamlined services to its customers, it must ensure…
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…
Shaping the future of EVs
Several advances in the electric vehicle industry occurred in 2023, with technology and culture coming together to stimulate interest and progress. Experts from EV charging solutions provider Mer share their insights on the critical takeaways from last year that will…
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…