Monthly Archive: March 2018

Embark completed a coast-to-coast test drive of its autonomous semi-truck

Driver-less Truck Goes 2,400 miles

A San Francisco, Calif., start-up called Embark completed a coast-to-coast test drive of its autonomous semi-truck, the company said last month. Embark hauled Electrolux refrigerators from Los Angeles to Jacksonville, Fla., in the test...

Gas symbol falling money 2

Gasoline Tax Under Debate …again

hen the federal government last raised the gas tax, Hillary Clinton was the first lady of the United States. Mark Zuckerberg was a nerdy nine-year-old in suburban New York. America’s interstate highway system was...

Hino truck and its selective catalytic reduction (SCR) next to the Diesel particulate filter (DPF) with regeneration process by the late fuel injection to control exhaust temperature to burn off soot

DEF requires proper handling

Editor’s note: What follows is a quick tutorial on what diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) is and how truck operators should use it. hat is DEF (diesel exhaust fluid)? DEF is the reactant necessary for the...

Fly Ash Particles

Fly Ash Gaining Users

Fly ash is a fine powder created by the burning of pulverized coal in electric generation power plants. Fly ash is a pozzolan, a substance containing aluminous and siliceous material that forms cement in...

Tank Transport