Plenty of front
Trailer manufacturers continue to adopt aerodynamic revisions to reduce drag and fuel costs, but what about the cab? Dave Young looks at impending advances in tractor units
Pre-production engines are Euro 6-ready, claims Scania
Scania is currently test running new Euro-6-ready five- and six-cylinder inline and V8 engines – heavily modified, but derived from its current Euro 5 units – in Sweden for its recently-launched R Series trucks.
Safety in numbers
It's not only truck launches that command attention. Production improvements that bring better functions and safety are worth keeping up with, too. Ian Norwell reports from a quarry near Barcelona
IRTE Column March 2010 issue
"Not for the first time there seems to be renewed debate about the issue of global warming.
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse
Welcome to your first IRTE journal for 2011 – the issue that updates fleet managers on operator costs for the year ended and examines prospects for the 12 months ahead.
The best of Birmingham
Transport Engineer picks some of the highlights to be seen at the CV Show 2012, coming to the NEC, Birmingham on 24, 25 and 26 April
Mixing methane
Following last month's dual-fuel trucks investigation, Brian Tinham examines the technologies behind the conversion systems and establishes what operators really need to consider
Green red buses
Some 900 Euro 3 London buses are being converted to near Euro 6 emissions standards, with funding from Transport for London. Steve Banner finds out more.
Heavy-duty diesels set for gas-fuelled transformation
A quarter of a century after the initial dash for gas – when the UK's then newly privatised electricity companies were falling over themselves to build gas turbine electricity generation plants – the transport industry may be on the brink of a similar transformation.
Light wait
Improvements to van suspensions, powertrains, tyres etc are being led by technology often from other sectors of industry. Keith Read reports on current engineering advances for LCVs