Cleaning lorry interiors: Proper care of the driver's cab
Touchscreens, sensors and sensitive plastics: What is important when cleaning the interior of modern lorry cabins - and why household cleaners have no place in the cabin.
Truck diagnostics: The cross-brand guide to multi-brand diagnostics
Multi-brand diagnostics is the key to independence for independent garages. These tools are mandatory today.
Opening up OEM system access for independent commercial vehicle workshops
EU legislation opens up OEM diagnostic systems - how independent workshops benefit, which portals are available and what you need to access them.
Gateway Pass Thru: Access to protected control units
How the Gateway Pass Thru system works and why it is ideal for independent garages.
Multi-brand workshop as a strategic addition to the OEM workshop network
What independent garages can do today - and why fleet operators are increasingly switching.
ADAS calibration: the new obligation in every modern workshop
Driver assistance systems must be calibrated after repairs. What this means.
Lubricants & oil analysis: TotalEnergies practice
Rubia EV3R and LubAnac in everyday commercial vehicle workshops: Re-Refined Base Oils with 200+ OEM approvals and structured oil analysis as a preventive lever for maintenance effort, reliability and CO2 balance.
AdBlue urea filter: Bosch expands to Cummins Hilite
Two new Bosch part numbers for the Denoxtronic filter programme: Urea filters for Cummins Hilite systems in the Mercedes-Benz Actros and in DAF and Scania.
Brake pads in OE quality: What makes Knorr-Bremse different
NVH test, lowest residual grinding torques, optimised friction mass: what OEM quality in brake pads actually means for the independent truck workshop in the field.
Tachograph obligation 01.07.2026: What the workshop must prepare
Smart Tachograph V2 mandatory from 01.07.2026 for light commercial vehicles from 2.5 t - and thus a wave of orders for independent commercial vehicle workshops. Smart V2 retrofit kit, Global Tachograph Network and pay-per-use measurement technology from TachoControl Data.