Just a few months after the first official deliveries of the long-awaited Tesla Semi to PepsiCo and Frito-Lay in December, the truck has been hit with its first recall. The electronic parking brake ...

Semi trucks continue to rely on drum brakes as their primary braking system due to their reliability under heavy loads. This practice is not only seen in commercial vehicle engineering but also in ...

When the brakes are applied, circuits send compressed air from the storage tanks to front and rear service chambers that push the brake shoes into the brake drums, thus slowing down the vehicle. Semis ...

Among the reasons someone might want to avoid passing a semi-truck is to steer clear of that harsh piercing screech it makes when slowing down. That sound is referred to as brake squeal, and although ...

Tesla has recalled nearly three dozen Semi trucks. The recall concerns an electronic parking brake valve module that "may fail to move into the park position when the parking brake is activated," a ...

LAYTON, Utah (KUTV) — A semi truck carrying loads of hay that tried to exit I-15 in Layton hit a car after officials think it lost its brakes. Layton Police Department's Lt. Riley Richins said the ...

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- A semi truck driver was forced to pull over on I-5 at State Route 18 early Thursday morning when his brakes started overheating, but they quickly caught fire and the flames ended ...

VAIL, Colo. (CBS4) - A truck suspected of losing its brakes led to a serious crash in Colorado again. This most recent crash happened on Vail Pass on Saturday. The truck driver ran into the rear of a ...

Tesla has issued a voluntary recall on the Semi, a first since the company began deliveries of the heavy-duty electric trucks to customers in December 2022. According to recall filings posted on the ...

Brake checking is an idiotic thing to do, but that didn’t stop one driver in Europe from harassing a semi. As you can see in this clip, the semi is driving on a two lane highway and goes to pass ...

Most modern cars stopped using drum brakes years ago, adopting disc brakes for their improved performance and heat resistance. Those sound like pretty good reasons, so you'd think they'd be just as ...