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Government confirms ban on diesel lorries by 2040

Published 14 July 2021
By Shane O' Donoghue
It has been confirmed today that the government plans to ban the sale of diesel lorries in the UK by 2040, at the latest.
Research calls for long-haul e-highways for motorways and A-roads

Motorways could get power lines for EV lorries

A government-backed study has recommended that slow lanes on motorways should be transformed into “e-highways” for lorries.
Published 28 July 2020

DAF Trucks' delivers first electric lorry

DAF Trucks has begun putting its new pure-electric lorry to the test, as a short range delivery vehicle for a Dutch supermarket chain.
Published 04 January 2019
Driving the Tesla Semi: the electric lorry with 500 miles of range and Autopilot

Driving the Tesla Semi, a 500-mile electric lorry

I’m sitting in the form-fitting driver’s seat of Elon Musk’s most powerful electric vehicle, flanked by high-definition touchscreens...
Published 17 November 2017