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TESTING TIMES

Home grown manufacturing may be shutting up shop, but Aussie design and engineering is still hard at work. The new Colorado gets a second chance to prove itself a worthy…
October 10, 2016

Rolling Out Hybrid Hook-Up

Delivery giant UPS adapts fleet to save fuel and cut emissions US  supply chain UPS is adapting 50 vehicles with a range of emission-saving technologies, retrofitting vans in a "Rolling Laboratory"…
October 7, 2016

Gasser Up

Canadian and US customers of the Nikola Motor Company start-up will take ownership of hydrogen-powered concept semi-trailers in the next year. Half a million US dollars was the deposit on…
October 6, 2016

New-Age Truck-e

The Mercedes Urban e-Truck has been launched at the bi-annual IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hannover, Germany. This fully-electric hauler is not the first ET, but is capable of a…
October 6, 2016

SUV SCORE CARD

Three compact SUVs achieve five-star ANCAP safety ratings, yet all are not equal The Jeep Renegade, Volkswagen Tiguan and BMW X1 compact SUVs have all scored five-star ANCAP safety ratings…
October 6, 2016

US LEADS HOT CAR SOLUTION

Proposed legislation could prevent hot car deaths Washington DC has seen a bill introduced into Congress that would require Original Equipment Manufacturers to fit backseat reminder alerts into new vehicles in two years'…
October 3, 2016

DHL DELIVERS FLEET SAFETY AWARD

The 2016 Fleet Safety Award has been won by DHL Supply Chain and Kasey Caston. DHL's Caston helped the supply chain business achieve big safety goals in establishing on-board vehicle monitoring coupled…
September 15, 2016

AUSTIN CLEANS UP ENVIRONMENT AWARD

The 2016 AFMA Fleet Environment Award has been won by Austin Health and Jan Zagari. Austin Health reduced its CO2 footprint by 75% and 76% less fuel consumed in the last few years,…
September 15, 2016

CSIRO WINS FLEET MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Catherine Parker from CSIRO has won the Fleet Manager of the Year Award in Sydney at the 2016 AFMA Fleet Awards last night. CSIRO's National Fleet Manager Catherine Parker was…
September 15, 2016

India Wants Clunkers Crushed

The New Delhi government in India wants to crush public-owned vehicles 15 years or older. The intended policy wants to start with heavy vehicles initially, and move to passenger vehicles,…
August 26, 2016