Climate change remains the critical challenge of our time and the automotive industry’s 26th Sustainability Report, published this week by SMMT, shines a light on the significant progress the sector continues to make in driving down its environmental impact. Improvements are visible across both production and market with a -2.4% fall in energy required to make a vehicle,… Continue reading Grid reform critical to decarbonise auto sector
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Federal government must finally make participation -proof
Frankfurt am Main – IG Metall welcomes today’s adoption of a resolution in the Federal Council to strengthen the participation and to give works councils contemporary rights and opportunities. The Federal Government is now to be asked to modernize the company participation and to reform the Works Constitution Act. The resolution contains central claims that… Continue reading Federal government must finally make participation -proof
IG Metall to the investment booster
Christiane Benner, first chairman of IG Metall, to the investment booster July 11, 202511. 7.2025 “A real and important step: the investment booster comes. Industry and its employees need better investment conditions and targeted support. Now it is time to raise sleeves, tackle and make what. And we need the next steps: employees with small… Continue reading IG Metall to the investment booster
Warning works councils: Sling course at energy and heat transition endangers jobs
Frankfurt am Main- employee representatives from the industries of energy and heat technology expect reliability in energy supply from the federal government. Every political signal that the company unsettles is poison for the local jobs, according to the works council conclusion at an IG Metall industry conference in Berlin. However, clear local content guidelines for… Continue reading Warning works councils: Sling course at energy and heat transition endangers jobs
Industrial Vehicles Registrations – June 2025
Statistical data> Enrollments Publication period: 10 July 2025 Reference period of data: June 2025 The UNRAE communicates the estimate of the registrations of industrial vehicles (with a total mass greater than 3.5T) Download Annex: Industrial vehicles June 2025_686FB9E7A5C15.pdf To view the content it is necessary Accept the installation of Calameo cookies Tag: industrial vehicles, enrollments,… Continue reading Industrial Vehicles Registrations – June 2025
Five minutes with… John Ricardo-Neto, Head of Product Planning at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
What do you think are the major challenges for van drivers at the moment? We conducted an annual survey of 1,000 van drivers to get a temperature check on the challenges facing UK van drivers, and it reveals a very difficult landscape – with as many as 90% of respondents experiencing work-related stress in the… Continue reading Five minutes with… John Ricardo-Neto, Head of Product Planning at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
The future of the van: what will change over the next decade?
From the construction site to last-mile delivery, the van has long been the workhorse of the UK economy. But what that van looks like, how it performs, and even who drives it is set to change dramatically over the next ten years. Electrification, digital intelligence, and a new era of operational efficiency are all reshaping… Continue reading The future of the van: what will change over the next decade?
Transdev rolls out new Citaro buses
Yorkshire bus operator Transdev has rolled out the first of its new £3.5 million fleet of 15 new Mercedes-Benz Citaro hybrid buses onto its Flyer-branded network that links Leeds, Bradford, Harrogate and Otley with Leeds Bradford Airport’s expanded terminal building. The first of the new buses entered service at the start of this month on… Continue reading Transdev rolls out new Citaro buses
IVECO eDaily secures record for heaviest weight towed by an electric van
A standard all-electric IVECO eDaily 3.5 tonne van has claimed the official Guiness World Record for the ‘Heaviest weight towed by an electric van’. The 140kW rear-while drive IVECO eDaily cemented its place in the history books by towing 153.58 tonnes with Britain’s current Strongest Man, Adam Bishop, behind the wheel. With 400Nm of torque… Continue reading IVECO eDaily secures record for heaviest weight towed by an electric van
Ten new Volvo FH Aeros added to Harrison’s Transport fleet
Harrison’s Transport has taken delivery of ten new Volvo FH Aero 6×2 tractor units, specified with Globetrotter XL cabs and I-Park Cool to maximise driver comfort. Used for temperature-controlled deliveries across the UK, the FH Aeros have made a solid early impression with fuel efficiency expected to improve even further as they bed in. Lee… Continue reading Ten new Volvo FH Aeros added to Harrison’s Transport fleet