Press release

IVECO has launched its second annual Service Challenge, the competition that rewards the best service teams in the brand’s European Truck Station network.

Lawsons, the largest family owned independent timber, building materials and fencing merchants in London and the South East, has taken delivery of its first natural gas-powered heavy truck – adding a 26-tonne Stralis NP running on compressed natural gas (CNG) to its 90-strong fleet.

UK Power Networks, the country’s biggest electricity distributor, has taken delivery of eight 3.5-tonne IVECO Daily panel vans. The vehicles were chosen after a demonstrator proved it could carry an extra 100 kg in a payload test versus competitor models when fully kitted out with the firm’s chosen racking.

IVECO has run a pilot project in collaboration with BMW Group to test an LNG-powered truck for the German car manufacturer’s logistics operations using an IVECO Stralis NP, the first natural gas truck designed for long-haul transport in the industry. IVECO has now launched a further range, the Stralis NP 460, which features the latest-generation automated transmission designed for the most demanding long-distance missions and has already been crowned Low Carbon Truck of the Year in the UK.

Preston-based H Parkinson Haulage has taken delivery of its first IVECO vehicles – seven Stralis NP 4x2 tractor units. The compressed biomethane-powered trucks will be used on high-mileage contracts with each vehicle expected to cover more than 350,000 km every year.

IVECO and BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions have joined forces to help transport operators to renew their fleets with more environmentally-friendly commercial vehicles. The purchasers of IVECO vehicles featuring its Natural Power technology, which runs on compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG) and bio-methane, its electric solutions or advanced Euro 6 RDE 2020 Ready technologies will be granted preferential financing conditions.

Fife builder David Shepherd has become one of the first tradesmen in the UK to use IVECO’s new DAILY BUSINESS UP app, which syncs his tablet directly with his new 3.5-tonne Daily Hi-Matic Euro 6 van.

IVECO has appointed Chris Read as Light Business Line Director, with responsibility for its award-winning Daily light commercial range in the UK and Ireland.

Managing Director of Connaught PSV, Steve Peach, says the 7.2 tonne IVECO Daily Hi-Matic provides the perfect platform for Ferqui’s 29- and 33-seat midicoaches, and is investing in a demonstrator to ensure more fleets can experience the new vehicle.

Devon County Council is updating its community transport fleet with the delivery of 20 new wheelchair accessible IVECO Daily minibuses. The new vehicles offer greatly improved passenger comfort, together with lower fuel costs and reduced emissions thanks to the latest generation Euro VI diesel engines.

IVECO has supplied three Daily Natural Power vans into Veolia, the UK’s largest waste management company. The vehicles were selected for their ultra-clean gas-powered engines and will carry specialist equipment for removing graffiti, as part of a new contract with the London Borough of Camden.