Features
25 Apr 18

New Mercedes-Benz Sprinter at CV Show

Key new vehicles, products and services were unveiled at the Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham, UK, this week.

Chief among them was the next generation Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. The disguised vehicle (pictured above) had been converted by Paneltex to carry a refrigerated body.

Ford’s last mile vision

LCV giant Ford revealed a concept van for last mile deliveries equipped with bicycles for the delivery drivers. The van featured a fold-up Brompton bike as well as an electric bike made by Riese & Muller. Ford is looking for fleet partners to trial the concept in London later this year.

New Mitsubishi Shogun Sport Commercial
Mitsubishi unveiled a 'van' version of its Shogun Sport 4x4 at the show. The all-new vehicle goes on sale in May, and boasts a load volume of 1,500 litres and the ability to tow up to 3,100kgs (braked). The workhorse conversion has a bulkhead behind the driver and passenger and a completely flat floor. Under its bonnet lies a 2.4-litre turbodiesel engine, paired to an all-new, eight-speed automatic transmission.

CameraMatics without capital outlay

A specialist in vehicle telematics and forward facing cameras, ProVision CameraMatics has launched a new way for smaller LCV fleets to pay for the safety and management technology. Instead of buying or financing the tracking and filming technology, fleet operators can now lease it for a monthly fee. The rental covers the hardware, installation, warranty and remote connected cloud plan.

Lytx to launch LCV offering

One of the world’s largest video telematics companies, Lytx, is to launch a van version of its commercial vehicle offering at the end of this year. The system deploys two cameras, one trained on the road ahead and the other on the driver, which link with vehicle tracking technology to identify incidents of harsh acceleration and braking, as well as collisions. When the system detects an incident, it automatically saves film from eight seconds before the event and four seconds afterwards, which can be used by fleets to investigate near misses and to attribute fault in the case of a crash.

 

Authored by: Jonathan Manning