The U.S. move to lower fuel economy targets comes after Congress voted to eliminate fines for federal fuel economy rule violations TD Cowen analyst Itay Michaeli said the rules will lower compliance ...

Truckers estimate that the average maximum mileage for a well-maintained semi-truck is about 750,000 miles before you have to overhaul or replace it. Yet, while mileage is an important statistic to ...

Ask any seasoned truck owner what they want from a pickup and the answer is almost always the same: something that can haul, handle the rough stuff, and keep racking up miles long after the payments ...

One of the reasons internal-combustion engines have been around for so long is that they scale up really well. I’m not just talking about car engines, although the range of sizes and cylinder counts ...

A second Caterpillar engine sat between the axles of the front trailer to assist with acceleration and braking, bringing the truck's total output to 900 horsepower. One adage I’m learning to be more ...

New engines are a hot topic for automakers in the coming year, thanks in no small part to the dramatic increase in fuel prices. It's all supply and demand, after all, and arguably no one is feeling ...

Lowered compliance costs, greater control over products, more big engines, more pickup trucks: These are just some of the changes investors expect from the rollback of fuel economy rules and the ...

At GM there is an antidote to the higher costs resulting from the currently messy world: its next generation of highly profitable full-size pickup trucks that have just started production and will ...