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Setanta House, the headquarters for Renault Trucks in Ireland, recently hosted a two-day Electric Vehicle Roadshow for existing and potential customers to discover more about the newly launched zero-emission Renault Trucks and Red Edition Master E-Tech vans. Attendees were presented with a Workshop type tutorial and test drive opportunities of the new Renault D E-Tech, Renault D Wide E-Tech and the Master E-Tech Opti-Tipper.

Renault Trucks Ireland Electric Vehicle Roadshow 2022

“Reducing CO2 emissions is a priority and many cities are adopting increasingly stringent environmental regulations. Renault Trucks innovates, building on its experience to offer sustainable solutions adapted to vehicles’ operating constraints, particularly those using electric power,” explained Karl Breen, Renault Trucks Ireland.

100% RENAULT TRUCKS ELECTRIC RANgE

Zero-tailpipe emissions in use Reduced operating cost Easy recharge Appropriate operating range – 300km

Pictured at the handover of the International Truck of the Year Award 2022 replica trophies to DAF Trucks Ireland were John McCann, Sales Manager, DAF Truck Ireland; Jarlath Sweeney, Editor, Fleet Transport & Irish Jury member and Ian Vowles, general Manager Ireland, DAF Trucks Ltd.

The New Generation DAF XF & XG ranges was elected International Truck of the Year 2022 (ITOY), while the DAF XF Hydrogen prototype won the ITOY Truck Innovation Award 2022. Fleet Transport has represented Ireland on this jury for twenty years.

Road crashes are a leading cause of worker fatalities.

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The RSA, HSA and An Garda Síochána have developed a dedicated resource portal providing the essentials on safe truck fl eet operations.

The presentations, podcasts and dedicated links to guidance material focus on topics such as transport operations management, vehicle management, driver management, chain of responsibility and medical fi tness to drive.