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Ebbon-Dacs is reporting a sharp increase in usage of its electronic vehicle delivery and collection solution, MoDel, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Three in five people say they support charging motorists a fee to drive around towns and cities. One in four are strongly supportive, Ipsos Mori poll suggests.

Regional leaders from 41 councils have committed to cutting council emissions to ‘net zero’ by 2030, and emissions from their communities by 2045.

Inside Edge, a company car driver loyalty scheme, has been by launched by BMW to give business drivers more of a retail experience.

New enterprise adopts ‘start-up mentality’ to offer ‘something different’, says UK MD John Wright

Groupe PSA’s jointly developed electric vans – the Peugeot e-Expert, Citroën e-Dispatch and Vauxhall Vivaro-e – have won the International Van of the Year title for 2021.

The Government has admitted in a new report that tax revenues are at significant risk from the switch to electric vehicles (EVs).

Raising awareness of the breadth of roles available in the automotive sector is one of the key ways to boost diversity, according to Groupe PSA’s Alison Jones.

An underlying skills shortage is going to be severely impacted by Brexit, according to a new research from Logistics UK.

In almost half (47%) of thefts from vehicles in England and Wales, new figures from the ONS suggest that the vehicles were left unlocked.

Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA) says it’s important for vendors to keep physical buyer options open, otherwise they risk compromising bids and used car prices.

Europcar Mobility Group UK has agreed a solus tyre agreement with Kwik Fit Fleet to enable Europcar customers to access a self-serve tyre replacement facility.

All 2021 Kona models will feature hybrid technology, with emissions on the mild hybrid range starting from 135g/km of CO2.

Online car retailer Cazoo is buying car subscription platform Drover for an undisclosed sum.

EO Charging (EO) has announced it has collaborated with Geotab and LEVL to create an integrated EV charging and telematics solution.

Skoda has added its first electrified vRS model – the Octavia vRS iV – alongside the Octavia iV and Superb iV to its blue-light fleet.

Manheim Vehicle Services (MVS) has invested over £100,000 in partnership with Pod Point, to install 30 electric vehicle (EV) chargers at MVS Bruntingthorpe.

Licence Bureau, part of TTC Group, has surpassed the five million driver licence check milestone.

Fleet managers must be “open to new solutions” and prepared to collaborate to develop a mobility strategy, says Nokia’s global category manager Jarno Pajunen.

Joe Gorman, director UK and Ireland at ChargePoint, explains how to streamline fleet practices post-COVID and how this will help with further EV adoption in the UK.

Guest Truck and Van has supplied Selco with its first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) trucks.

There remain over 100,000 HGVs on London’s roads, whose operators have not yet applied for a Direct Vision Standard (SVS) permit, data from Transport for London (TfL) shows.

Ministers are being urged to work with the fleet sector to ensure any changes to motoring taxation are carried out in a timely, effective and proportionate way.

Fleet operators are being asked to join a call for the standard fitment of more driver assistance technology to vans, following the launch of a new test for commercial vehicle safety technology.

Cash-takers are returning to company car schemes in “noticeable” numbers thanks to the attractiveness of electric vehicles (EVs), reports Arval UK.

The free cuppa and mince pie will be available from selected Truckstops and is aimed at showing gratitude to drivers.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has launched a new delivery van conversion for the Volkswagen Crafter, in partnership with Bri-Stor Systems.

Britishvolt's new UK battery gigaplant will start production of electric vehicle batteries from 2023 and will scale to 300,000 units a year.

New vehicle safety systems, such as autonomous emergency braking, are being switched off by drivers, new research suggests.

New research from CompareTheMarket has revealed that catalytic converter thefts have increased across England.