Volvo Buses’ plug-in hybrid reduces fuel consumption by 81%, according to the manufacturer, with the total energy consumption cut by 61% compared to a corresponding diesel bus Euro5. From field tests conducted in Gothenburg, the figures for overall energy consumption, including both diesel and electricity, have exceeded the target. The field test began in June […]
Conclusion If you ever had any doubts that Eberspächer UK needs a new factory you just have to walk around their current headquarters on the Headlands Business Park. The place is absolutely packed. Every square inch has been utilised often employing extra mezzanine floors to provide greater space. The influx of components resulting from the […]
Customer first Stoneridge’s products are designed and produced in house, with the digital tachograph manufactured at its site in Sweden. It also has a manufacturing facility in Tallin, Estonia, where a large number of its products are produced. It has a UK site in Dundee, where there is a degree of manufacturing carried out, but […]
Soft products Scania has been innovative in the way that it packages vehicles and creative in the options through which it offers operators the use of its products. An important new tool in this regard is telemetry, enabling the vehicle to be monitored at all times. The Scania C200 infotronics system was fitted, as it […]
University of Sheffield student, Jodie Wilberforce, has had help paying her student fees after winning £3,000 in a North of England wide competition run by First. In her first year of a dental hygiene and therapy course, Jodie won out of 5,000 other students in places such as Leeds, Manchester and York. She was chosen […]
A woman’s exaggerated claim for a whiplash injury sustained onboard a Go North East bus has been thrown out of court. Rachel Oliver of Consett, Co Durham, claimed she had been ‘severely injured’ during a bus journey when she alleged that the driver had driven too fast over a speed bump. When she took her […]
Harrow based Mellor Coaches has added a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 513CDi based EVM Elegance to its fleet. Powered by a Euro5 131bhp engine coupled with an automatic transmission, the minicoach has in-dash and saloon air conditioning, a Mercedes-Benz Sound 20 package, a PA system and 13 EVM Club class seats trimmed in Epengle moquette. EVM’s sales […]
Arriva has capped the evening fares on its Service 155 that runs between Chatham and Maidstone via the Medway Valley villages during November, December and January. For the three months, the maximum return fare in the evening will be £5 instead of £6. The move is the latest in a campaign involving the communities along […]