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The 2020 CV Show exhibitors that could teach Father Christmas a trick

The UK’s truck and van drivers are gearing up for their busiest period of the year, with online shoppers spending big in the run up to Christmas. Britain’s truck and van drivers will be responsible for bringing the festive cheer to millions this year.

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Vanarama promises a new lease of life with major new ad campaign

Online leasing specialist Vanarama is kicking off the next phase of its ambitious growth strategy with the launch of a major multi-million-pound ad campaign this weekend.

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Mobile phone technology to revolutionise police vehicles

VNC Automotive predicts explosion of technology integration for police and first responder vehicles
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Win while you work with The Drivers’ Lottery

Britain’s hardworking white van drivers are pocketing weekly cash prizes thanks to The Drivers’ Lottery, simply by driving better.

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Tesco Grocery Home Shopping slashes vehicle emissions with Lightfoot

Tesco Grocery Home Shopping fleet to save 7,346 tonnes of CO2 in just one year
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SYNETIQ renews partnership with Covéa Insurance for salvage and green parts

SYNETIQ is delighted to announce it has renewed its multi-year agreement with Covéa Insurance, to continue providing salvage management and green parts supply across the UK. SYNETIQ and Covéa’s shared values and strategic alignment are seen as the primary reasons for the success of the partnership.

Alastair Sherwin, Claims Motor Engineers Manager at Covéa Insurance, said “SYNETIQ’s values of care, simplicity and integrity align perfectly with our own vision, and we’ve stood side by side throughout the pandemic to continue helping our customers.

“SYNETIQ are transparent, reliable and friendly to deal with, and operate with high standards in compliance, GDPR protection and ISO accreditation. We’re also impressed with the way they’re investing in the future, as we all strive towards becoming more sustainable,” continued Alastair.

Simon Schofield, Client Director at SYNETIQ, said: “Having worked with Covéa on designing and implementing new processes, I am delighted that our excellent relationship has been recognised with a new agreement. Our recent investments in new technology, reporting and processes are in-line with our corporate strategy. As we look to the future, we will be focusing on providing a great service, with sustainability at the core.”

SYNETIQ has recently implemented new storage and recovery processes, along with document and key management, to maximise efficiency and customer experience for Covéa and its policyholders.

SYNETIQ, the UK’s largest integrated salvage and vehicle recycling company, recently announced a new, state-of-the-art facility for processing electric vehicles at its Winsford site. As the UK heads towards a ban on new petrol and diesel car sales by 2030, SYNETIQ is gearing up its capacity to process new vehicle technology at scale.

Covéa Insurance is part of the French mutual insurance group Covéa and was established in the UK over 60 years ago. It offers a range of insurance services, including commercial, motor, property and protection, as well as life and critical illness cover.

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The Road to Tomorrow: the CO2 benefits of vehicle recycling

  • SYNETIQ announce the ‘The Road to Tomorrow’ – its sustainability roadmap
  • Company has avoided 5 million Kgs of CO2 by supplying ‘Green Parts’ to Britain’s fleets and insurers
  • CO2 saving large enough to power 1000 homes for one year
  • Or, equivalent to over 2 years of an average family car use
  • Green Parts use massively cuts carbon emissions compared to use of newly manufactured components

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Vanarama launches free insurance proposition

The UK’s biggest online vehicle leasing business Vanarama, is launching a groundbreaking leasing proposition with one year’s free fully comprehensive car insurance across its entire range of exclusive hot offer cars.

In a leasing industry first, Vanarama’s insurance proposition will save customers an average of £538 when they lease one of hundreds of hot offer cars online at vanarama.com. In some cases, customers can save up to £746 when leasing higher value cars.

The offer will also save drivers time and hassle as it is automatically added when a customer leases a new car using Vanarama’s market-leading ecommerce experience.

In addition, the drivers’ no claims bonus can be carried over.

Vanarama founder and CEO, Andy Alderson, said: “We want to continue to challenge the status quo in our industry for the better. We’re outstripping the tired and outdated traditional car buying process and offering our customers their dream car through unbeatable value and a seamless online customer experience.”

“People really dislike buying insurance because of the friction and monotony involved in the process. It’s a legal obligation paid at a premium for something they never want to use. Our customers can now get a great car deal and we’ll offer them free insurance for a year to go with it.”

“I don’t believe it’s possible to find a better leasing deal anywhere in the UK and it’ll certainly disrupt the way customers think about leasing cars and makes it easier than ever for our customers to find their new lease of life.”

Vanarama’s free insurance offer is available from today on all of their hot car offers and is available to drivers 25 years old and over who live in mainland UK.

See the hundreds of hot offer cars at vanarama.com

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Volta Trucks partners with Prodrive to develop electric HGV

Prodrive is working with Volta Trucks to help engineer its revolutionary 16-tonne electric HGV designed, not only to meet zero emissions requirements, but also to help keep vulnerable road users safer in crowded urban environments. The Volta Trucks concept HGV positions its driver low down, centrally and forward of the front axle, to give uninterrupted vision at street level through 220 degrees. Prodrive will help develop the design into a drivable demonstrator by early summer 2020.

According to the London Mayor’s office, 23% of pedestrian and 58% of cyclist deaths in London involved a Heavy Goods Vehicle, despite HGVs making up only 4% of road miles in London*. By positioning the driver in the centre of the cab at eye level with a pedestrian; using extensive cabin glazing and replacing conventional rear-view mirrors with cameras, dangerous blind spots are eliminated. Passenger seating is arranged behind the driver, on either side. 

To further reduce potential hazards, the truck uses bus-style doors on both sides with a slide/swing action to minimise intrusion into the path of pedestrians or cyclists, and allowing the driver to easily access the central driving position. To maintain compatibility with existing loading bays, the rear of the truck and the tail lift arrangement follow conventional practice. This approach means the demonstrator vehicle can be created by combining an existing donor rear chassis ladder frame with the innovative cab and frontal arrangement.

Targets for the truck include a range of 100 miles, a top speed of 50 mph and a gradeability sufficient to briskly negotiate the on-off ramps and slip roads typical of urban elevated routes. To maximise payload, the new cab will be a composite-clad spaceframe structure, the composite panels using natural rather than carbon fibres. The vehicle can be produced in a range of sizes from 14-18 tonnes.

Such is the pressure to improve urban air quality as quickly as possible, that Volta’s target is to show the finished prototype vehicle in mid-2020 and make it available for driving demonstrations later in the year. In parallel with the demonstrator schedule is a program to manufacture a fleet of prototypes for field trials in London and Paris with interested parties during 2021.

During the manufacture of the prototype batch, Prodrive will gradually hand over build responsibility to the confirmed production supplier, but will retain engineering responsibility and oversee ongoing development. The target manufacturing volume is 2000 units per year.