With Scania’s planned rapid introduction of electric vehicles over the coming years, the manufacturer is investing in a battery testing lab and a battery assembly plant. Scania is investing €15.5 million in a new battery laboratory at its research and development facilities in Södertälje, Sweden. The 1,000-square metre laboratory is due to be completed by […]
Diesel particulate filter (DPF) cleaning and refurbishment specialist, Ceramex, has more than doubled its operating capacity with the opening of a brand-new facility in Reading. The new site will be able to process more than 2,500 DPFs per week. Representing an investment of over £3 million, Ceramex commissioned part of the 67,000 square-foot Reading site […]
To help keep its passengers as safe as possible from Covid-19, Norfolk-based Coach Services has become one of the few provincial transport operators to implement fully contactless, cloud-based ticketing across its network. To do this, it has used TransMach‘s TM920 ticketing unit. Weighing under 400g, the unit is a portable, cloud-based ticketing device, that complements […]
Transdev is inviting decision makers to join a post-pandemic debate on the north of England’s transport future with its own roadmap for growth. Transdev is inviting its customers, as well as business and political leaders, to have their say in mapping its journey beyond the pandemic with the launch of its own plan for growth […]
Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL), has welcomed the UK Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution. ADL has also welcomed the commitment to invest £120 million to begin the introduction of at least 4,000 more British built zero-emission buses. ADL said it is eagerly awaiting the publication of the National Bus Strategy and further […]
Trade union Unite is using the UN’s World Toilet Day (19 November) to highlight UK driver’s denied access to toilets. A survey by the trade body has suggested the Covid lockdown has worsened the situation. Unite surveyed 6,000 driver members who are predominantly employed driving buses or lorries. It was found that during their normal […]
Rikki Wilson‘s face may be familiar to some readers as he appeared on the BBC’s The Politics Show explaining the difficulties he and many in the industry are facing. He contacted his local MP, Newcastle’s Chi Onwurah, who took the question to the Houses of Parliament and asked the Prime Minister whether the coach industry […]
Go-Ahead London has placed an order for 17 Optare Metrodecker EVs for route 200 in London. This route will operate out of the company’s Merton garage, the first electric route from this depot. This order marks the third order for the battery-electric bus in the capital, the fifth to date, and will bring the total […]