Dual-fuel engines turning out to be comeback kids [R]

Who would have thought it? Truck fleet operators in the UK are again sitting up and taking notice of natural gas as a potential viable alternative to diesel fuel. David Wilcox finds out why.

Equipping the operation - Torotrak engages with Allison on truck and bus transmissions [R]

After countless false starts since being floated on the London Stock Exchange eleven years ago, an innovative British vehicle transmission company has struck a deal which appears to have secured its future.

Equipping the operation - Power struggle over batteries and fuel cells [R]

Could the unprecedented global economic crisis kill off what had looked like a rapidly-building momentum towards alternative power sources for cars and commercial vehicles, specifically batteries, fuel-cells and hybrid (diesel/electric) drivelines?

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Anyone got a cure for the biofuel blues? [R]

Fuel suppliers, fuel-injection equipment manufacturers, vehicle-makers and European legislators continue to squabble over exactly how and when biodiesel use should be extended. Vehicle operators meanwhile are left to play an unnecessary and costly game of piggy-in-the-middle. David Wilcox investigates.