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 emergency and supply lines that stretch between a tractor and trailer offer a colorful reminder that compressed air is the lifeblood of your brake system. The hoses are a respective red and blue, ...

The following was published in CCJ's Air Brake Book, 11th edition, sponsored by SilverbackHD. CCJ's Air Brake Book is a complementary industry resource, courtesy of our partnership with SilverbackHD, ...

With the great explosion of inventors and their achievements in the 1800s, one of the greatest was George Westinghouse. A man of a variety of interests, one of his success stories was the invention of ...

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, ...

Many of the larger vehicles on our roads have one intriguing thing in common: They can make sudden, loud, gas-escaping hissing noises. These noises, admittedly, have made this writer jump — on more ...

Air brakes have a long history of reliable performance in the medium- and heavy-duty truck markets, yet these systems cannot be ignored without costly consequences. A good inspection process and ...

Bendix repeatedly hears training is more important than ever in its conversations with fleets across North America. For nearly six decades, the company has made it a priority to understand and deliver ...

If there’s one thing on commercial vehicles that operations and maintenance professionals need to understand, it’s braking systems. Not getting a truck to start rolling on time will cause delayed ...

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