In summary: New Tesla Semi electric truck due to be launched mid November Functional prototype has been developed and road tested Range is expected to be between 200 and 300 miles Won’t be fully autonomous from day one but expected to have innovative features Full...

These signs are a familiar sight on our motorways.  The focus and concentration required by drivers who sit behind the wheel for long periods of time can cause fatigue. In fact, across Europe, 20% of serious accidents are caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel...

We’ve written about telematics before but, given its increasingly important role in fleet management, we make no apology for covering this topic again now. With telematics technology constantly developing and costs decreasing, more and more companies are taking the...

Recent news suggests that driverless car trials could start on UK motorways as soon as 2019, with the tests likely to focus on fleets of vehicles, rather than just single tests. This will allow the cars to communicate with each other about potential hazards, involving...

In the Queen’s speech on 21 June, the government set out a framework for electric and driverless cars. This included plans to update motor insurance subjecting driverless vehicles to the same rules as normal ones. Many cars already have some semi-autonomous features,...

The government has announced that trials of driverless trucks in convoys of up to three vehicles, called platoons, are to start on UK motorways in 2018. With one driver in the lead vehicle, the other lorries in the fleet will be controlled by wireless technology,...

Brexit is a topic which doesn’t seem to have been far from our minds or the news since the landmark vote to leave the European Union in June 2016. Now with the process of leaving the EU having formally started and the recent general election creating further questions...

For the last few years, telematics technology has been at the forefront of discussions across both the privately owned and fleet vehicle industries, with consensus being that such technology provides. However, when we come to talking about installing a telematics...

At Anthony Jones, we pride ourselves on being experts in delivering the right solution to protect your business, so if you’re in the transport and logistics industry or run a fleet of vehicles there is no better place to come for your insurance needs. And with...