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Hundreds of electric HGV charging ‘superhubs’ planned for UK motorways

Published 10 March 2025
By James Fossdyke
Service station operator Moto says the “industry-shifting move” will provide “international trade growth opportunities” and decarbonisation.
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Volta Trucks to enter administration

Volta has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden and will file for administration in England.
Published 18 October 2023
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Mercedes unveils its longest-range electric lorry

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has unveiled its longest-range lorry so far, the eActros LongHaul, with a 600kWh battery a range of up to 310 miles.
Published 20 September 2022
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The 10 best Ken Block gymkhana films ranked

Ken Block: a man responsible for burning more rubber than the Springfield Tire Yard & generating many times more YouTube hits than Keyboard Cat.
Published 11 December 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
Watch this dog drive a truck into phone shop

Watch this dog drive a truck into phone shop

Dogs are meant to be man's best friend but you'd probably have a bit of a falling out with Fido if they drove your pick-up truck into a shop.
Published 03 May 2018
Two truck drivers killed in East Java bridge collapse

Two truck drivers killed in bridge collapse

A section of a bridge connecting Babat Lamongan and Widang Tuban in East Java collapsed into the Bengawan Solo River on Tuesday, April 17, causin
Published 17 April 2018
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
Lorries

Rail grant cut to put 190,000 trucks on road

British roads could be hit by up to 190,000 extra lorry journeys a year after “penny-pinching” ministers cut £4m of subsidy for rail freight...
Published 26 February 2017
Me and My Motor: Cerys Matthews of Catatonia on family cars and beaten-up trucks

Me and My Motor: Cerys Matthews of Catatonia

Before Catatonia became one of the top-selling groups of the 1990s, Cerys Matthews and her bandmates spent many long nights driving home...
Published 21 June 2016
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Blazing lorry speeds through tunnel

If you can see a light at the end of the tunnel, it could be a blazing lorry heading straight for you
Published 09 November 2015
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Dash cam video captures lorry horror story

Footage has emerged of a 32-ton lorry overtaking a car in a manoeuvre that will chill the blood of any motorist...
Published 21 July 2015
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News: Hit the surf with Hyundai's Santa Cruz pick-up...

The surprise hit of the 2015 Detroit motor show wasn't a slinky two-seat sports car or an ultra-advanced futuristic concept. It was a pick-up truck...
Published 16 January 2015