At first glance, an 18-speed transmission sounds like overkill. After all, most cars get by with five or six gears. But semi trucks are built for an entirely different purpose, and that is moving ...

Semi trucks are massive pieces of equipment powered by massive diesel engines (not gasoline V8s). They're also designed to haul large loads, with some of these tractors — the front of the truck that ...

The two truck brands are built with different jobs in mind, leading to substantial divergence in engines, bodies, and payload ...

Semi-trucks really only have one job, regardless of where they are situated, and that job is to move stuff efficiently. Whether that stuff needs shifting from Italy to France, or from California to ...

The instrument panels in many of the cars produced today don't contain a wide variety of gauges. The ones used to monitor a car's operating systems have largely been replaced by warning lights that ...

Paccar may not be a household name for those unfamiliar with semi-trucks, but the Bellevue, Washington-based company is a major player in the heavy truck industry. Formerly known as the Pacific Car ...

Edison Motors, a startup EV company founded about five years ago and based in British Columbia, recently pulled the covers ...

Those of us who drive pickup trucks expect quite a bit from our trucks’ engines. As we put them to work, whether that’s on the job, around the farm, or just doing truck stuff, there are things that ...