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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has restarted production at is Sevel plant in Atessa, Italy.

Wolfgang Theissen will succeed Mike Belk, who will retire later this year, having served the Mercedes-Benz brand for 30 years.

Vauxhall has revealed its first electric van, the Vivaro-e, which will be available to order from June.

Seat UK has revamped its fleet website to offer new tools and information aimed at helping inform and advise organisations.

Isuzu has launched a new Tipper conversion for the D-Max, which will be available with a four-week lead time.

Electric cars are driven 26% more miles in their first three years on the road than petrol models, research from the RAC Foundation has found.

The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) has announced James McGeachie as its new technical and programme director.

DAF factories, including the Leyland plant in the UK, have restarted operations after being forced to close because of COVID-19.

The Government has changed the guidance it issues to employers on salary sacrifice arrangements to allow for the impact of COVID-19.

Transport for London (TfL) has furloughed 7,000 staff members due the dramatic reduction in passenger numbers caused by the Coronavirus lockdown.

Environmental pressure group Client Earth has called on the delay to the introduction of clean air zones to be kept as “short as possible”.

The UK’s MOT testing system could be overloaded later this year when the country comes out of lockdown, fears Licence Check.

A new package of support measures has been introduced to support the movement of goods across the country and beyond.

DriverMetrics has released a guide for fleet managers which addresses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on driver stress.

AGL plans to raise a six-figure sum for charities, including the NHS, with the Gumball Charity Revival.

The targeted temporary measures being implemented, first proposed a few days ago, include a three-month payment freeze for motor finance.

Drivers employed as part of Hoyer’s UK Petroloq fuel tanker delivery team have received training to deliver medical grade oxygen to NHS hospitals treating coronavirus patients.

Goodyear has launched a new scheme to celebrate the ‘Highway Heroes’ who are continuing to keep the country moving during lockdown.

Fleet management and compliance company TTC Group has donated its spare unused computer capacity to assist vaccine researchers in the fight against Covid-19.

Fleet Source has launched an online compliance portal aimed at allowing fleet operators to managing their legal and contractual training requirements.

Seat has confirmed it will restart car production on April 27, at limited capacity.

The fresh contract will see Trakm8 upgrade the tracking and driver behaviour technology it provides to E.ON’s fleet of LCVs.

The new telematics framework is available to central Government organisations as well as the wider public sector, including councils, NHS and emergency services.

Targa Telematics has launched a new product aimed at identifying and reducing unnecessary costs for fleet managers.

Fleet decision-makers are being urged to use temporary changes in legislation wisely.

There is mounting evidence that more drivers are breaking the speed limit as traffic levels fall during the coronavirus crisis.

Apprentices in workshops and bodyshops should continue their learning during the lockdown period as their skills may be needed to deal with the backlog of jobs once fleets return to business-as-usual.

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