Technology and equipment 21st Century Technology With its usual display of transport equipment was 21st Century Technology, and perhaps one of the most exciting devices on its stand was Smart-Vision, a rear-view camera monitoring system. The technology replaces the rear-view mirrors with a camera and interior display. The system is intended to avoid the sun […]
The UK’s largest gathering of buses and coaches returned to Donington Park for its 45th edition. Over 250 vehicles representing 80 years of PCV design gathered on the site’s old course and tarmac lake in a revised layout which improved the segregation of visitor and entrant arrivals. Organiser Martin Isles and his team drew on […]
Every two years the International Coach of the Year trophy is handed to the proud directors of a manufacturer at the Busworld exhibition amid camera flashes and congratulatory speeches. Before that can happen, there is the rather less glamorous process of deciding which coach is most worthy of the prize which is, along with the […]
Across the world, city authorities are taking measures to improve air quality on their streets and tackling public transport emissions. Among the easiest ways of making a meaningful difference in the short term is to encourage the use of electric propulsion by discouraging or banning diesel- and petrol-powered vehicles. And at the forefront of those […]
Originally conceived four years ago by Robert Lodge of Lodge Coaches to attract CPT Essex members to an annual get-together, the North Weald Hog Roast and Ride & Drive event has grown to welcome CPT members from across the country. Dot Grainger has since taken over as Chair of CPT Essex with Bill Hiron as […]
Stuart Jones has been to Essex to see the first products produced for the UK in China by Bus & Coach International, an Australian business. He also took a look at a Volvo B7TL retrofitted with the B320 hybrid package by Vantage Power with the tempting prospect of a 40% saving on fuel. The […]
With the mandatory CPC training and numerous other tuition that staff in the industry need to go through, it is perhaps easy to think that all bases are covered in terms of training. However, are there areas of knowledge and skills that may need improving? Chris Peat spoke to a number of training providers to […]
Not only can effectively utilising your own workshop save money, it can be a profit rather than a cost centre if you open it up to take on extra third party jobs, providing you have the capacity to do so. With the closing of DVSA’s own sites, some operators are seizing the opportunity by installing […]