Ever noticed trucks cruising with some wheels floating above the pavement and wondered why not all tires are grounded? This intriguing phenomenon is due to lift axles—specialized truck components ...

The mechanics of a truck's driveline also explain the industry's preference for rear-wheel drive. The driveline includes the clutch, axle, yoke, driveshaft, universal joints, and differential ...

It could be used in a dual-motor rear-wheel drive truck, with one of these solid rear axles and independent front suspension. A single front electric motor could also be added to the IFS to make a ...

Daimler Truck NA talks through how fleet managers can choose the right truck powertrain—diesel, natural gas, or ...

The main difference between them is their position on the truck. A pusher axle goes in front of the drive axles and boosts the truck's payload capacity. A tag axle, on the other hand ...

Without a solid rear axle, as has been the standard ... Caleb does some of everything at The Drive. And he really, really loves trucks.

I honestly was, pardon the pun, shocked at how good this truck is to drive and to live with ... the gas model's less sophisticated solid rear axle." If you can charge at home, I can see the ...

You'd think that by some measure of trickle down technology or design that the commercial vehicle side would follow the same route. Turns out, that's not the case and that evidence wasn't more clear ...