If fishes were wishes, Elon Musk would be a trawler hauling a net across the Pacific. The Tesla Semi offered the promise of electrifying road freight transportation and enabling companies to replace ...

Some semi trucks use 18-speed transmissions because they require the extra gears to keep the engine in its ideal RPM range in various driving scenarios.

A new study from the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) challenges the notion that battery electric semi trucks can’t serve long-haul logistics, but they’re not presenting a slide ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation has scrapped a proposed federal mandate ordering speed-limiting devices on heavy-duty trucks be kept below 70mph, allowing them to continue racing along the ...

As the trucking industry struggles to recruit drivers, driverless trucks won’t need sleep, won’t speed and won’t get road rage. But experts and truck drivers say they are not a panacea. By Tim Balk ...

Semi-trucks are designed to carry heavy loads. That's why they're weighed on the road to ensure they do not exceed their limitations. So, when they're driving fast or going downhill, just using the ...

For a second, it looked like the feds might mandate speed limiters on semi-trucks. Two government entities—the United States Department of Transportation and Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...