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Saint Gobain outsources accident management services to Total Accident Management

Total Accident Management has partnered with Saint-Gobain Building Distribution (SGBD) Transport’s 4-strong in-house insurance team to provide a number of accident management services from its Fleet Complete & Third Party Repair Only (Tpro) packages. These services will complement and enhance the existing insurance infrastructure, thus ensuring a full accident management service is in place to cover SGBD Transport’s fleet of 6,000 cars, vans ... [more]

TomTom GPS helps track and capture van thief

A thief in Sheffield was captured very quickly thanks to the tracking capability of TomTom WORK’s GO 715 gps navigation system. The thief struck when the driver of the £30,000 Mercedes Sprinter van belonging to local company Dedicated Couriers left his vehicle for just a few seconds on Tuesday afternoon to get a delivery note signed. “Despite the vehicle being in a secure compound at a customer’s premises with security staff on duty, the th... [more]

ITM Power and Roush Technologies partner to bring hydrogen-fuelled commercial vehicles to the UK market

ITM Power Plc and Roush Technologies Ltd have signed a co-operative agreement which could see CO2-free, hydrogen-fuelled commercial vehicles being marketed in Britain within months. Roush Technologies, which already has extensive experience in the commercial vehicle sector, will be responsible for both adapting existing internal combustion-engined vehicles and researching the development of new power units to utilise hydrogen fuel. ITM Powe... [more]

Peugeot prepares for the launch of the Peugeot Bipper and New Partner vans in June

Peugeot has renamed the current Partner Van and rationalised the range in preparation for the launch of the Peugeot Bipper and New Partner vans in June. The current Partner Van, which was first launched in the UK in July 1996 and has now sold more than 61,000 units, will remain in the Peugeot LCV range alongside the New Partner Van. It will, however, be renamed the Partner Origin to distinguish clearly between the two models. Alongside the ... [more]

New class of compact Volkswagen vans between Caddy and Transporter models

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has released prices and specifications for the new Caddy Maxi range, a new class of compact van for Volkswagen between its existing Caddy and Transporter models. The new Caddy Maxi is 470 mm longer than the Caddy and offers an extra 1.0 m³ load volume and up to 80 kg extra payload – meaning a 4.2 m³ load volume and a payload of up to 800 kg. It is available in three derivatives: a panel van; a five-seat window va... [more]

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