Autonomous vehicles and battery-electric trucks are no longer figments of engineers’ imaginations. They are poised to reshape almost everything we know about building and operating heavy trucks — ...

The electronically controlled braking system (EBS or ECBS), also called electro-pneumatic braking or brake-by-wire, has been waiting in the wings for several years. It’s still back there but, ...

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“Commercial vehicle air brake systems operate with air pressure from air reservoirs containing a volume of high pressure air, ranging from 60 psi to 120 psi (maximum allowed by D.O.T.), depending upon ...

At the heart of a commercial vehicle’s air brake system is its air compressor, which pressurizes air in the primary and secondary tanks to provide power for the air brakes and other pneumatic systems.

While the new emission-compliant diesel engines due out October 1 have absorbed much of the trucking industry's attention, other truck components are getting government attention too. Electronically ...

This story appears in the June 20 print edition of Transport Topics. The growth of technological systems used in autonomous vehicles in the United States, such as adaptive cruise control and ...

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