Tachoblog

This time last year...

• 2009
  • Tachoblog Presents Destination Doha Part IV
    This week we start the so-called 'difficult bit' when we catch up with the 1977 Astran drivers on their way from England to Doha in Qatar, encountering snow, breakdowns and police hold ups along the way.
  • Go Electric With Coca-Cola, Staples, AT&T And Tachoblog
    Four major US corporations and two utility companies took delivery of the Smith Newton, the largest road-going electric truck in North America. Coca-Cola, Staples, Frito-Lay, AT&T, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) are the first Newton customers in the USA.
  • Tachoblog’s UK Commercial Vehicle News Roundup 30.7.09
    Thanks to the good folk at the UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Tachoblog can bring you a roundup of the UK’s Commercial Vehicle news for this week…
  • Stabilse That Volvo With ESP Says Tachoblog
    In 2008, Volvo Trucks was the first manufacturer in the world to present a further-enhanced ESP (Electronic Stability Program) system that stabilises both rigid trucks and trailers. Now a new version is being launched which can also handle 6x2 and 4x2 rigid trucks with one or more trailers. Volvo’s new ESP system can handle everything from tractors to multi-trailer rigs. One major benefit of the new version is that it covers the majority of dangerous-goods transports, such as fuel haulage.