Posted September 4, 2024
After a 7-year hiatus, Hadfields Transport recently added two 18-tonne Mercedes-Benz Actros 1827 trucks with box bodies with 2.7-tonne cantilever tail lifts. ...
Posted June 13, 2024
The first long-haul battery-electric Mercedes-Benz truck, the eActros 600, can drive 500 km on a charge and recharge from 20% to 80% in just 30 minutes. ...
Posted February 28, 2024
The Mercedes-Benz eCitaro fuel cell with hydrogen-based fuel cell range extender has won two awards in the national competition organized by the Spanish editorial group EDITEC. ...
Posted January 22, 2024
The Mercedes-Benz Dealer has opened a workshop bay at its branch in Birmingham compliant with ADR and Petroleum Regulations, open to operators of all makes of tractor unit and rigid truck. ...
Posted October 16, 2023
The Mercedes-Benz Truck App Portal, renowned for its digital marketplace that equips its vehicles with tailored apps to enhance comfort and operational efficiency, now welcomes the Goodyear DriverHub application as an official partner application. ...
Posted October 12, 2023
Mercedes-Benz recently introduced its first battery-electric long-haul truck, the eActros 600, with a battery capacity of over 600 kilowatt-hours and an 800-volt electric drive axle. ...
Posted September 25, 2023
Faun Trackway and Mercedes-Benz Trucks partnered to build a custom Arocs 8x8 for use in demonstrations of Faun’s ground stabilisation products that enable vehicles and aircraft to operate in difficult terrain. ...
Posted July 14, 2023
The Actros L Edition 3 made its first UK appearance at the recent Road Transport Expo event, at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire—and instantly shot to the top of the wish lists of many visitors who saw it on display. ...
Posted June 28, 2023
The arrival of the first battery-powered eEconic was sure to create a buzz—and so it proved, as visitors to the event at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, flocked to the Mercedes-Benz Trucks stand to take a look. ...
Posted May 17, 2023
“The eActros is a truck for a new era, and by launching this refrigerated demonstrator we’re showing that it’s ready to work in real-life applications,” says James Venables, Mercedes-Benz Trucks head of future sustainability. ...
Posted March 1, 2023
The truck’s Multilift Ultima Z hooklift and a demountable split dropside body allows the firm to bring a Hiab loader crane to jobs where it’s needed and swap to a lighter flatbed body when it’s not. ...
Posted February 24, 2023
“I’ve been with this business for 23 years and can’t recall us running anything other than Mercedes-Benz and Fuso trucks,” says Relay Technical Transport Operations Director Tom McMahon. ...
Posted February 17, 2023
The new addition, which coincides with the firm’s 21st anniversary this month, has a gross vehicle weight rating of 12.7 tonnes and is powered by a 7.7-litre in-line six-cylinder Euro 6 engine. ...
Posted February 9, 2023
“As well as being more cost-effective, this development allows users to install the Microlise SmartFlow App a lot more quickly and easily than was previously possible,” says Mercedes-Benz Trucks’ Richard Skidmore. ...
Posted January 26, 2023
“The Arocs are performing strongly while the feedback from our drivers has been extremely positive, with the comfortable, well-equipped cabs coming in for particular praise,” says Director Robert Simpson. ...
Posted January 18, 2023
The Sheffield-based haulier’s new flagship is packed with options like the twin-screen Multimedia Cockpit, Mercedes’ StyleLine interior, and more. ...
Posted January 3, 2023
The firm reports that one of its longest-serving drivers “was pleasantly surprised at the level of enhanced visibility, as well as the reduced fatigue he felt after a day’s work in the truck.” ...
Posted December 22, 2022
“Our latest Mercedes-Benz trucks are doing a brilliant job, and the fuel returns are astonishing,” says Duchy Plant Hire founder and Director Jamie Shelton. ...
Posted December 22, 2022
Home Farm (Charlton) Estates’ newest Unimog is one of the first UK models to be equipped with Mercedes-Benz’s Comfort Steering feature that reduces steering force and intelligently adapts to speed and driving conditions. ...
Posted December 15, 2022
An unrelenting commitment to the decarbonisation of its entire product range has earned Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK a prestigious industry accolade—for the second year running! ...
Posted December 7, 2022
Most of the trucks and vans in the firm’s 35-vehicle fleet are either Mercedes or Fuso products; Dayla has plans to acquire its biggest vehicle yet, an 18-tonne Actros, next spring. ...
Posted December 2, 2022
Based at Nusteel Structures’ head office and fabrication facilities in Lympne, Hythe, Kent, the 6x4 tractor unit is being used to deliver bridge and gantry sections spanning up to 57 metres long to construction sites across the nation. ...
Posted November 22, 2022
“We were looking for more fuel-efficient vehicles that would support our environmental and sustainability goals, and the Actros Ls are certainly living up to their promise,” says MD Chris Whittaker. ...
Posted November 16, 2022
The Basildon waste management specialist favours the trucks’ increased payload capacity vs. 13.5-tonne Ategos that comes without an increase in size. ...
Posted September 20, 2022
The manufacturer has been developing prototypes of the GenH2 Truck based on the payload, range, and performance characteristics of its Actros tractor unit. ...