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The latest meeting of the Fleet200 Executive Club discussed public/home/workplace charging strategies/challenges, and the key considerations for fleets.

National Highways is trying to take away the ‘I don’t know’ excuse from commercial vehicle drivers breaking the law by producing a new van driver toolkit.

Fleet decision-makers are split on whether their company should provide home charging facilities for employees who drive electric company cars.

Fleets that are hoping to make a mass switch to electric vehicles (EVs) in the next few years must carefully consider how they implement charging infrastructure.

Car makers are removing items of specification and delivering vehicles with only one key, to speed up deliveries

Fleet operators are being warned of long-term disruption in the vehicle maintenance and repair sector, caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Fleet decision-makers criticised the Government’s attempts to ease the shortage of HGV drivers by proposing drivers only take one test and removing the reversing element during the September Fleet News at 10 webinar.

Brake has revealed the winners and highly commended entrants for the 2021 UK Fleet Champions Awards.

Jennifer Ledsham, partner at Plexus Law, explains the risks of no hard shoulders on smart motorways and says that drivers want them reinstated.

Licence Check has launched a new free-to-use knowledge base for subscribers to its DAVIS risk management and licence checking platform.

A number of electric and hybrid vehicles will be on display at this year’s Fleet & Mobility Live event, which takes place at the Birmingham NEC on October 5-6.

Ricardo has won two Government-backed innovation competitions to develop solutions for heavy duty vehicles, focusing on improving efficiency and performance.

UK car production fell for the second consecutive month, in August, as the global semiconductor shortage continued to affect the automotive sector.

More that half of the UK’s HGV driving test centres currently have a waiting time of more than three months, but some sites can offer tests within one week.

Mike Dennett, CEO at BMW Financial Services (GB), will also become CEO of Alphabet in the UK from January 1, 2022.

ABB has launched the Terra 360, a 360kW electric vehicle (EV) charger.

Table bookings are being taken for the FN50 dinner which will bring the fleet industry together again in November.

Logistics company Whistl has announced the launch of the Whistl Driver Academy to train the next generation of HGV drivers for its business.

Webfleet Solutions is introducing an integrated tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) solution for trucks and buses.

Renault Trucks has struck a fleet deal with Recycling Lives to deliver the UK’s first two 100% electric 18 tonne D Wide ZE skip loaders.

The DVLA has shared some of most unusual reasons people have given for needing a replacement vehicle registration certificate (V5C).

Motorway service stations could be forced to end exclusive arrangements with charge point operators under new rules being considered by the Government.

Kia has re-branded its in-car and app-based telematics system to Kia Connect.

The Toyota Proace City compact van is now available to order, priced from £18,386 (CV OTR).

Citroen has introduced a new larger version of the e-SpaceTourer, with the model now available in both M and XL forms.

The future road map for connected technology and how it will affect how vehicles are run in the future will be under the spotlight at next week's Fleet & Mobility Live.

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Tevva has unveiled new 7.5-tonne electric truck intended for mass production in the UK, with pre-orders available now and first deliveries from Q3 2022.

Glasgow Council has awarded rental supplier, Dawsongroup sweepers, a contract to provide compact sweepers to the Scottish authority.