Raising expectations
Connectivity, autonomy and innovative electronic technologies are changing the automotive world at an increasingly rapid pace. This is partly in response to changing customer demand, but also to meet updated legislation, particularly in regard to crane safety. Dan Gilkes reports
On top of your game at the IRTE Conference
We live in perplexing times. Not just hybrid, but full-electric heavy trucks are finally moving from concept to reality. Platoons and autonomous vehicles are not far behind. Alternative fuels are in the ascendant. The list goes on.
Stop-start transmissions in trucks
Familiar on new cars and light commercials, engine stop-start systems work reliably and seem to deliver worthwhile fuel savings. So why are they virtually unknown in HGVs, and unusual in PSVs? And what will happen to the few such systems that are out there: will they be overtaken by hybrid and electric driveline rivals? Toby Clark enquires
Tech talk: How to build a better bus
BAE Systems’ new series hybrid bus driveline has a choice of energy storage systems for different duties - Advertisement feature
The alternative to batteries
If not a direct replacement to batteries, super-capacitors may offer complementary benefits, finds Steve Banner
How the electric single-decker bus came to the UK
Sensing an opportunity, bus operator Go-Ahead took a leap into the future and worked with suppliers to develop a new single-deck electric bus design for London routes. They presented their story at the 2018 IRTE conference, reports Steve Banner
Hybrid drivelines: Going the extra miles
Rising from obscurity, the series hybrid is viewed by some people as the most flexible means of complying with the inevitability of zero emissions zones. Peter Shakespeare reports
London's low-carbon electric bus garage
A year after converting the world’s first bus depot from diesel to electric outside of China, Go-Ahead Group’s Waterloo Bus Garage racked up a million electric miles by February. Will Dalrymple visited
Concept to reality
In this second of our two-part IAA commercial vehicle event review, Brian Tinham, Peter Shakespeare and Steve Banner examine the showstoppers
Bring me sunshine
Solar power, which is at the forefront of sustainable technology, has come to trucks in the form of fuel-saving, roof-mounted panels. But who are they for? Chris Tindall reports