North Northamptonshire Council has awarded a 7-year contract to Specialist Fleet Services (SFS) for providing and maintaining circa 45 vehicles. The contract commenced on 1 April, and some new vehicles – 10 x 26 tonne Dennis Eagle refuse vehicles fitted…
Electra Commercial Vehicles has won funding from the European Horizon 2022 framework to build a long-haul 40-tonne temperature-controlled drawbar battery electric vehicle as part of the Escalate Project. Escalate is a pan-European 37-member consortium from 13 countries, coordinated by FEV…
That innovative public-private road safety partnerships have the potential to develop effective solutions and save lives was underlined by a joint talk from VisionTrack, Together for Safer Roads, and the City of New York at Fleet Vision International – THE…
Milton Keynes City Council has ordered an entire fleet of Dennis Eagle RCVs as part of its roll-out of a new waste and recycling contract. The fleet will be used for the city’s new waste and recycling service to be…
Spelthorne Borough Council has extended its contract with SFS for another seven years, including maintenance, to replace the council’s current waste, recycling, and street cleansing fleet. This is the second contract award by the council to Specialist Fleet Services, and…
As a UK first, Element 2, a UK hydrogen infrastructure business, will purchase hydrogen produced by a new electrolyser using wastewater at Anglian Water’s Milton Road Cambridge water recycling site and supply it to hydrogen vehicles this summer. Producing green…
Applied Driving has teamed up with VisionTrack, a creator of AI video telematics and connected vehicle data, to develop a video-enabled safe driving solution. The companies will bring the benefits of automated risk reduction together, 360-degree vision and cloud-based video…
VisionTrack, a leading provider of AI video telematics and connected vehicle data, is taking a significant new role in the fight against worldwide road deaths and injuries. CEO Simon Marsh, and President of Global Sales, Richard Kent have been appointed…
Lewes District Council has commissioned Vision Techniques to install a range of road safety products, including VT Solar and the 3D overview system, across its 40 waste management vehicles. VT Solar applies ultra-thin solar panels to a vehicle roof, with…
Municipal vehicle rental company CTS Hire is continuing its ongoing fleet replacement programme with the arrival of 11 brand new refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) this month. The new tranche of vehicles comprises 8x 7.5 tonne RCVs on Isuzu chassis with…