September 2025

Fast charging is convenient. If your fleet truck or van needs a quick turnaround or to get started on the side of the road, a rapid top-up gets it moving again. Wonderful. But are there hidden costs? These days, the topic of fast charging is quite widely discussed. And people often talk about it with a […]

Petrol and diesel engines have depended on their batteries ever since the invention of the starter motor. They’re the lifeblood of what makes your fleet lorry, truck, van or car start, activate its alarm, arm its central locking and, on some small level, power its electrical appliances. Batteries convert chemical energy into electrical energy. Every

Your driver arrives long before dawn to take the already-loaded trailer of goods down to another depot 300 miles away. You serviced and replaced the lorry’s battery just a few months ago. Everything should be fine. But it isn’t. The driver climbs into the cab, blowing their cuppa to cool it down, and puts the

Your workshop phone rings. A driver reports that one of your trucks has been parked up for a few months. It was meant to be a spare unit, ready to roll when demand picked up again. But when the time comes to bring it back into rotation, the battery is, of course, flat. The driver