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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.
Safety in numbers
Fleet engineers choosing from the array of competing money-saving interventions now have evidence-based, independent data on tap. Brian Tinham reports from the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight
Saving weight
The latest models of light commercial vehicles aim to maintain and even increase payloads in tippers, dropsides and conversions by revising powertrains, incorporating new materials and eliminating duplicated systems, among other means. Dan Gilkes reports
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
Supercharged vans
Operations of diesel light commercial vehicles are likely to be increasingly curtailed in many urban areas, and retrofitting electric drivelines may be a solution for some fleets. Richard Simpson reports
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
New realities
Will extensive driveline revisions be enough to lift the fortunes of Iveco’s Stralis tractors in the UK? Ian Norwell listens to senior executives in Madrid and takes two trucks for a test drive
High flyer
With the introduction of Iveco’s Daily 4x4 in RHD guise, Steve Banner puts this serious new off-road truck to the test at Millbrook’s most challenging circuits
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