UK’S FIRST ALL-ELECTRIC MIXER SHOWS PATHWAY TO LOW CARBON LOGISTICS

The UK’s first all-electric ready-mix concrete mixer has successfully completed a three-month trial of commercial deliveries across Birmingham for Tarmac, marking a significant step on the path to net zero construction. The ‘e-mixer’, created in partnership with Renault Trucks and TVS Interfleet, is the first of its kind to operate anywhere in the UK with […]

The dangers of Britain’s smart motorways are finally flagged up by safety experts

Report reveals what truck drivers have beensaying for ages. Trevor Gehlcken reports Nearly 40 people have been killed on them since they were launched in 2014 and problems with the technology that is supposed to alert drivers when a lane ahead is blocked doesn’t always work in time to avoid disaster. These problems and others […]

The answer to the UK housing crisis?

Resembling a giant toymaker’s workshop, 16 identical wooden boxes that stand 2.6 metres tall are lined up in a row in a factory near Leeds. Each year the factory manufactures hundreds of apartments and houses, with one to three bedrooms, which leave the premises on lorries fully kitted out. The factory is run by one […]