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The Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) is considering introducing an apprenticeship scheme for the fleet industry.

There continues to be pressure in the used electric vehicle market, with some models seeing significant pricing corrections throughout the month, reports BCA.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has announced Craig Cavanagh will be the brand’s national fleet manager as it makes changes to its UK sales team.

Fleet Alliance has seen the proportion of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) on its managed fleet grow to record levels in the past 12 months.

Volta Trucks has confirmed customer production orders for the first 300 manufacturing slots of its full-electric Volta Zero, worth more than €85 million (£75m).

Employees will only be able to choose from plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

More than two-out-of-five electric vehicle (EV) charge points had connection issues at major supermarkets, new research from LeaseLoco suggests.

BP Pulse has announced the first charging corridor for medium and heavy-duty electric trucks in Europe.

The new Mercedes-Benz Citan is now available to order, with prices starting from £21,310.

The framework was originally launched in 2017 and was reprocured in April 2021 in partnership with the contracting authority, Watford Community Housing.

Fleet management software is cutting unplanned vehicle downtime for almost two-thirds (60%) of businesses, according to FleetCheck.

Collision rates involving truck drivers could be improved by prioritising driver wellbeing, according to new analysis of ONS data.

Alfa Romeo has announced its Tonale Plug-in Hybrid SUV has an electric-only range of 49 miles, putting it in the 8% benefit-in-kind tax bracket.

Royal Mail has hit an EV milestone, adopting its 4,000th plug-in vehicle across its delivery and collection fleet.

Slow charging an electric vehicle (EV) can be the most expensive way of fuelling a plug-in vehicle due to peak rates being introduced, according to the AA.

BMW has stopped supplying police cars to forces across the UK after an inquest heard how a PC was killed in a crash on the M6 following an engine failure.

Some driving tests and vehicle tests might be affected by strike action taking place across the civil service.

A Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) bidirectional charging trial has been launched by Kaluza with Volkswagen Group UK, OVO Energy and Indra.

Enterprise Car Club has teamed up with micro mobility provider, Beryl, to deliver more convenient, connected travel.

Ebbon Automotive’s MoDel delivery solution has delivered record results for 2022, despite continued new vehicle supply issues.

Enerveo will install 50 charge points at 10 Rivus sites to support customers in their transition to electric fleets.

Sopp+Sopp has invested more than £2 million at two new purpose-built repair centres through sister-company Activate Accident Repair.

Ionity has opened its first 350kW ultra-rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging site in Wales.

Shorter lead times for some electric vans provides an opportunity for fleets to make the switch, according to the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP).

Price cuts applied to new Tesla models risk undermining the values of used electric vehicles (EVs), in an already volatile market.

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) brand BYD will launch the Atto 3 in the first quarter of 2023.

BWB Consulting says it has reduced its road risk and cut the man hours and administration burden associated with managing its grey fleet.

The world’s biggest trial of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) has demonstrated how fleet operators can overcome barriers such as cost and energy demand.

The average mileage of electric company cars is virtually the same as internal combustion engine (ICE) equivalents, according to new data from Epyx.