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FCZ ArticleRecord-breaking fleet order charges up BT Group’s net zero plans
Fleet management and leasing firm Holman has delivered the first 750 electric vans to BT Group as part of a huge 3,500 order to help decarbonise the telecoms giant.
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FCZ ArticleTrucking hydrogen to users is not an enabler for a nascent hydrogen industry, reports find
HGVs are unlikely to be the missing link in building a hydrogen industry as fuel transporters. That was the message from an evaluation of two government programmes aimed at stimulating the hydrogen market, which found securing hydrogen at volume and at an economic price and transporting it to the point ...
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FCZ ArticleIJ McGill joins eFREIGHT consortium
Family-run IJ McGill Transport has become the latest company to join the government’s eFREIGHT 2030 consortium and operate electric lorries in order to help shape the future of zero emission HGVs.
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FCZ ArticleReFuels reports first profitable quarter as it takes on more fleet customers
Bio-CNG supplier ReFuels has said it wants to “unlock … truck order plans that are being held back by a lack of Bio-CNG refuelling infrastructure” and as a consequence it will narrow its development focus to “timely delivery of the most important sites”. It expects to raise £25 million by ...
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FCZ ArticleDHL to lease 30 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric trucks
DHL Group has signed a new partnership with Daimler Truck and commercial vehicle rental firm hylane to deploy 30 fully electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 trucks in Germany by mid-2026. The lorries will be used for inter-parcel-centre transport in DHL’s Post & Parcel Germany division.
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FCZ ArticleWincanton ramps up net zero drive with 24 new electric-powered HGVs
Wincanton has taken delivery of the first tranche of 24 new 40+ tonne electric-powered trucks today (4 June), marking a milestone in the group’s goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2040.
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FCZ ArticleKuehne+Nagel UK and Milence demonstrate benefits of electric HGV fleet
Logistics firm Kuehne+Nagel and truck charging network specialist Milence have come together to demonstrate the advantages of electric road freight.
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FCZ ArticleVeolia boosts fleet with 14 electric RCVs after landing Camden Council contract extension
Veolia has secured an eight-year extension to its recycling and waste contract with Camden Council starting from April 2025, which will see it introduce 14 new electric refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) and three electric bikes.
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Policy direction and timing must align to deliver heavy transport decarbonisation
Lack of co-ordination between government departments and regulators, and over-cautious decisionmaking are holding back progress towards decarbonisation across both transport and energy, according to Gareth Mills, MD of N-Gen Energy Solutions.
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FCZ ArticleChargePoint and Eaton announce partnership to accelerate EV charging progress
EV charging solutions provider ChargePoint and power management solutions firm Eaton have announced a partnership to accelerate EV charging infrastructure in the US, Canada and Europe. Drawing on both company’s experiences, the collaboration seeks to simplify EV charging by developing new technologies. Rick Wilmer, CEO of ChargePoint, ...
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FCZ ArticleStationary battery provider ready to consider eHGV batteries for ‘second use’
Allye installation at Killington Lakes services on the M6 near Kendall Will batteries from eHGVs find a ‘second life’ market in stationary grid applications? Battery company Allye Energy has launched upsized stationary battery systems containing up to 18 repurposed EV battery packs, dubbed Mega Max, and FCZ ...
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FCZ ArticleDP World joins groundbreaking JOLT test to accelerate adoption of electric HGVs
DP World has joined the pioneering Joint Operators Logistics Trial (JOLT), deploying two fully electric HGVs from its Swindon base.
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FCZ ArticleLidl offers trucks access to charging facilities on its Dutch sites
Supermarket Lidl has invited heavy duty truck users to “charge your electric trucks with us using 100% green energy” at its sites in the Netherlands.
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FCZ ArticleCat B drivers get green light to operate 4.25 tonne electric vans
Drivers holding Cat B licences will be able to drive an electric or hydrogen-powered van with a maximum authorised mass (MAM) of up to 4.25 tonne, from 10 June this year, so long as the vehicle is a zero emission vehicle, the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) has confirmed.
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FCZ ArticleElectric vans and trucks no longer exempt from London’s congestion charge, under TfL plans
Electric vans and trucks will no longer be exempt from London’s congestion charge, under proposals put forward today (27 May) by Transport for London (TfL).
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FCZ Article56 chargers, 23 e-lorries: German haulier takes charge
A German haulier has added 23 electric HGVs to its fleet in just two years and built a private charging hub with 56 fast chargers, rivalling the scale of many public facilities across Europe.
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FCZ ArticleChargePoint and Eaton announce partnership to accelerate EV charging progress
EV charging solutions provider, ChargePoint, and power management solutions firm, Eaton, have announced a partnership to accelerate EV charging infrastructure in the US, Canada and Europe. Drawing on both company’s experiences, the collaboration seeks to simplify EV charging by developing new technologies.
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FCZ ArticleReFuels opens second refuelling station in Scotland, plans to double bio-CNG pumped through expanded station fleet by 2028
Bio-CNG supplier ReFuels has opened a new refuelling station at Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland.
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FCZ ArticleFalling battery prices due to EV overcapacity are benefitting other sectors
Battery costs are falling because of overcapacity in the electric vehicle market, but revenues from using them in the electricity sector are increasing, recent reports show.
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FCZ ArticleCollapsed manufacturer Nikola’s hydrogen assets up for sale
US truck maker Nikola’s hydrogen-powered fleet has been put up for auction, valued at over $114m (£84.5m).