Thoroughly updated and expanded, Fundamentals of Medium/Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicle Systems, Second Edition offers comprehensive coverage of basic concepts and fundamentals, building up to advanced instruction on the latest technology coming to market for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses. Now organized by outcome-based objectives to ......

During the past decade, with the availability of the lithium-ion battery, the electric truck has got back on the road for all payloads and all distances. The fourth in a series covering the history and future of electric transport, this book chronicles the work of the innovative engineers who perfected e-trucks large and small.

In the mid twentieth century, the truck transformed from strictly a workhorse into pickups and vans that could meet any consumer need, from utility to sport to luxury, culminating in a worthy replacement for the family car. This book tracks the development year by year, providing statistical and pricing information and listing features and options ......