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Steve Rogerson looks at some of the recent news that may have missed the front page.

The Road to Excellence Championship (RTEC) 2017, the ultimate global competition to find the most talented aftermarket professionals working within Renault Trucks, has raced to an impressive start in the UK and Ireland, with 55 service teams – a total of 197 competitors - now registered to take part.

Four of Groupe Renault's strategic technology partners – OSVehicle, ARM, Pilot and Sensoria - are presenting open-innovation and open-source projects at CES this week, illustrating new ways of thinking about mobility as technology meets transportation.

Following impressive fuel figures and excellent customer service, Manchester-based logistics experts, Pace Logistics, has once again selected Renault Trucks for the latest additions to its fleet. Two 44-tonne Range T460 6x2 tractor units have been supplied by JDS Trucks Ltd while a further seven 18-tonne Range D250 high with 28.5ft curtain-sides and tail lifts on order.

The future of autonomous driving is “made-in-Europe”. The European Agency for the global navigation satellite systems (GSA) has kicked-off ESCAPE, a three year and €5.4m project to exploit the services offered by Galileo, the European satellite navigation system, in the field of the automated driving.

Rapidly evolving technology in the automotive market - from autonomous cars and advanced ADAS systems, to truck platooning and vehicle networking - means that many consumers are unsure about what the future holds for the modern day motorists.

In a move to attract and retain the best drivers, waste control specialist, J&G Environmental has selected Renault Trucks for its replacement vehicles. Four 44-tonne Range T460 6x2 tractor units, supplied by JDS Trucks Ltd, have been delivered; a fifth is on order and a further Range T460 rigid with bespoke Wheelbase drawbar trailer is in build. Part of J&G Environmental’s 15-vehicle fleet, the new Range Ts join the company’s ...

Electronic Specifier Editor Joe Bush talks to Peter Dent, Lemo (UK) MD about the key role the company plays in the motorsport industry.

Greg Waite, CEO of InventionShare, announced during the LA Auto Show at the LA Convention Center that the injection of Circuit Seed’s, Sensory Seed multipurpose sensor systems integrated on a single chip combined into current automotive sensor applications can improve critical speed and accuracy to provide the world’s best automotive collision, detection and avoidance technologies for driver-assist and autonomous vehicles.

In a novel vehicle handover, Thompson Commercials and Boniface Engineering created a simulation recovery scenario to deliver Tech Trucks UK’s new Renault Trucks Range D at the Professional Recovery Tow Show at the Telford international Centre (7th-8th September 2016).The 4x2 R210 Low Crewcab with 5-tonne capacity aluminium slidebed by Boniface Engineering arrived complete with a car on the back.