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Friday, 01 September 2017

BBC News

• VW launches new UK diesel scrappage schemeAll Volkswagen brands, including Audi, Seat, Skoda and VW Commercial Vehicles, will participate.

Financial Times

• VW offers UK drivers up to £7,000 to scrap dieselsGerman carmaker follows rivals in moving to calm pressure over air pollution
• New Uber boss's first task is to reconcile deeply divided boardUnanimous vote to appoint Dara Khosrowshahi as chief was a rare show of unity

The Scotsman

• Alastair Dalton: Queensferry Crossing opening plans won’t please allBleary eyed commuters finding themselves back on the Forth Road Bridge this morning may wonder if driving over the Queensferry Crossing had been a dream, such is the stop-start nature of the bridge’s opening timetable.

The Mirror

• Volkswagen to offer £8,000 off new cars with diesel scrappage scheme Owners of any make of diesel registered before 2010 will be able to benefit from the perk between now and the end of the year

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Royal Mail trials electric truck (Image Source: The Independent) Royal Mail is to test nine electric commercial vehicles. The trucks will be used to transport packages between mail and distribution centres in London and surrounding area.  The postal operator is testing 3.5, 6 and 7.5 tonne ‘autonomous-ready’ trucks, which all made in the UK by Arrival (formerly Charge Auto). “Royal Mail is delighted to be collaborating with Arrival and pioneering the adoption of large electric commercial vehicles,” said Paul Gatti, Royal Mail Fleet’s managing director. “We will be putting them thr...
• Digital freight platform Saloodo! hits the road in UK Following the successful launch of Saloodo! in Germany, DHL’s digital freight platform is now also available for customers in the United Kingdom. The platform is offering transport services within UK, from Europe to UK and vice versa. Thereby the online market place connects shippers and transport providers on demand, thus increasing efficiency for both by enabling safe and convenient access to a highly fragmented market using a single digital freight platform. With the introduction of Saloodo! in Germany in early 2017, the online market place has been offering originally transport ser...
• Hermes integrates with Google Assistant Hermes has continued its mission to interact with the latest wave of smart devices on the market by becoming the first parcel company in the UK to fully integrate its tracking solution with Google Assistant. This latest innovation follows another UK first, when Hermes integrated with Amazon’s intelligent personal assistant Alexa earlier this year. Consumers waiting for a Hermes delivery on behalf of one of the UK’s leading retailers, or expecting a package via the myHermes C2C network, will now be able to track their parcels via Google Assistant. The voice-activated application i...

Other News Sources

• DfT's way forward for HGVs not rubbish, says FTAThe government's announcement of a £20 million feasibility study into the options for creation of next generation HGV fuels from rubbish has been ...