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TurboBoss Turbocharger Hoses

Instead of silicone couplings and metal piping, TurboBoss uses Veyance's advanced rubber technology.

Veyance Technologies Inc., manufacturer of Goodyear Engineered Products, introduces the TurboBoss line of turbocharger hoses, designed as an economical alternative to other turbocharger components without sacrificing the power and reliability demanded by heavy-duty applications

Building Safer Trucks

Volvo crash-tests its European and American trucks to meet the Swedish Road Board impact tests,...

A driver grabs an exit and heads into the curve of the ramp too fast. He steers hard to try to make the sharpening turn, but his trailer can't follow. Its rear begins flipping and the motion quickly continues forward, pulling over the tractor

The Feds' Safety Wish List

An estimated 25% of new trucks have stability control systems, such as the one Bendix offers.

Topping the list of federal initiatives on truck safety technology is a proposal due any time from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require stability control systems on heavy-duty tractors

Taking a Look at the Natural Gas Boom

Taking a Look at the Natural Gas Boom

When you've got everyone from oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens to the head of America's largest truckload fleet to President Obama himself stumping for natural-gas-powered trucks, it's easy to see why there's so much interest in this less-expensive, home-grown alternative to $4-a-gallon diesel

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