Maximising the service life of bus brake calipers
Reducing whole life costs and prolonging the service life of OEM disc brakes, or as they’re more commonly known, calipers, is a key issue for PSV operators in today’s climate…
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Reducing cost and downtime through diagnostics
In a new partnership with Route One magazine, Imperial Engineering is producing a Maintenance Insight each month, to help fleet operators and workshop departments. In this first feature of 2019,…
BYD celebrates 50,000th all-electric bus
Chinese conglomerate BYD Motors Inc. has celebrated the manufacture of its 50,000th all-electric bus, a K9UB 12-metre vehicle destined for Spain, which departed BYD’s Hangzhou testing facility on January 18th…
Operators urged to choose entrants for Bus Driver of the Year 2019
Operators urged to choose entrants for Bus Driver of the Year 2019 First held in 1967, the national Bus Driver of the Year competition enters its 53rd year with a…
Arriva UK Bus Engineering Apprentices recognised
Imperial’s Sales Director John Dwight is pictured presenting the Engineering Apprentice of the Year 2018 Senior Award to Kelsie Dugmore, alongside Mark Bowd, Engineering Director for Arriva UK Bus (left)….
Imperial customer Go-Coach trials Optare electric bus
Kent-based independent operator, Go-Coach, has become the latest bus company in the UK to trial an electric bus, as manufacturers and fleets respond to the pressing need to reduce vehicle…
Rethink on apprenticeship funding welcomed by Imperial Engineering
For many years, PSV parts specialist supplier, Imperial Engineering, has championed the need for apprenticeships, to ensure that the bus and coach sector has the skilled engineers and technicians it…
Do your buses and coaches have a name?
According to research by the DVLA, over a quarter of motorists have named their car, so now major UK bus parts company and leading supplier of coach parts, Imperial Engineering,…
What’s next after Euro 6 diesel?
Legislation on diesel engine emissions The current EU legislation on diesel engine emissions for new coaches and buses means that the exhaust gases and particulates from a Euro 6 diesel…
Imperial Engineering adds Bosch to OEM bus parts portfolio
Leading UK bus parts distributor, Imperial Engineering, has added Bosch to its portfolio of OEM suppliers of products for PSV parts applications. The new partnership with the leading global mobility…