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Electric refrigeration company Hultsteins is helping Salford Van Hire reduce its CO2 emissions for its client Danish Crown.

OZEV has announced a temporary eligibility extension for electric vehicle (EV) orders placed between June 14, 2021, and March 31, 2023.

Fleets identified a range of motives, including environmental concerns, alongside cost and corporate social responsibility factors.

A 63-point checklist will include quality, safety and accessibility to produce a score out of five.

Allstar's combined fuel and EV network now has more than 8,600 charge points as well as access to more than 90% of the UK's fuel sites.

SMS will launch a new all-inclusive home and workplace charging solution at Fleet & Mobility Live, which will support anyone with net zero or facilities management objectives.

A third of large van fleets are only checking vehicle condition once a month putting their operation and drivers at risk, research from Crystal Ball has found.

New research from Mina shows that, on average, charging from home costs 9p per mile compared to 20ppm for using a public charger.

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has partnered with crowdsourced sat-nav app, Waze, as part of a two-way data sharing initiative to help reduce congestion.

BMW will showcase two brand new electric models – the iX1 SUV and i7 luxury saloon - at Fleet & Mobility Live, this year.

Fraikin has appointed Peter Backhouse as UK MD and Hexagon Leasing has appointed Nick Parker as national account and business development manager.

Replacing fuel duty and vehicle excise duty (VED) with a pay-as-you-drive taxation scheme is opposed by fewer than one in five people (18%), a survey suggests.

Recycling Lives has commenced zero tailpipe emissions skips services with the UK’s first electric skip transporter truck, from Renault Trucks.

The RAC has launched a new telematics package with a rolling 30-day contract and a plug-and-play interface.

A record gap between petrol and diesel pump prices emerged last week, analysis suggests.

BVRLA and AFP urge fleets to write to the new Chancellor urging him to keep BIK low.

BVRLA director of corporate affairs, Toby Poston, says that a supportive tax environment is critical to maintaining EV adoption rates.

Kia has expanded the model line-up for the Soul EV with two new versions.

Tool theft has soared in the last 12 months with more than a third of van drivers falling victim – up from a quarter the year before, according to a study by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.

Tusker has launched more than 300 car salary sacrifice schemes so far this year, with many of the companies motivated by a desire to cut their carbon footprint.

APCOA Parking has set out plans to install 100,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers across its car parks in 13 countries across Europe, by 2035.

Car traffic has increased by a third (32.9%) year-on-year, but is down on levels seen before the pandemic, according to new data released by the DfT.

Peugeot is upgrading the electric powertrain in its e-208 model, boosting the car’s range to 248 miles.

Citroen has unveiled a radical new concept model that showcases a possible small electric family car from the brand.

Work has started at London Gatwick Airport on Gridserve’s third Electric Forecourt, with the site expected to open next year.

Arrival has produced its first production verification vehicle from its Bicester ‘microfactory’.

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New road casualty statistics show that there was an increase in the number of people killed on Britain’s roads last year, with 10 deaths involving an e-scooter.

CV production almost doubled in August, compared to the same month last year, and is up by 50% year-to-date, according to figures from the SMMT.

Newly published figures show the number of employees now paying benefit-in-kind (BIK) tax on a company car has fallen by a quarter (25%) since 2015/16.