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2. Semi-trailer truck - Wikipedia

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   Conventional style cab tractor A cab-over semi-tractor Tractor with an end-dump trailer A FAW semi-trailer truck in China A semi-trailer truck (also known by a wide variety of other terms – see below) is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight. A semi-trailer attaches to the tractor with a type of hitch called a fifth wheel. Other terms There are a ...

3. List of American truck manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Caterpillar 740 Chase 1908 delivery wagon, photographed at the Louwman museum, the Netherlands, 2011. Capacity; Caterpillar; Chase (1907–1919); Chevrolet; Chrysler; Cline; Clydesdale Motor Truck Company (1917–1939), formerly Clyde Cars Company

4. Trucking industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   A common property-carrying commercial vehicle in the United States is the tractor-trailer, also known as an "18-wheeler" or "semi". The trucking industry serves the American economy by transporting large quantities of raw materials, works in process, and finished goods over land—typically from manufacturing plants to retail distribution centers.

5. Amazon and Volvo team up on big rig electric trucks, rolling ...

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   The rollout of Amazon's big rigs at the L.A. and Long Beach port complex is part of a shift to zero out pollution from trucking in California. Amazon and Volvo team up on big rig electric trucks ...

6. Mack Trucks - Wikipedia

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   1934: Production of electric "trolley coaches" began, continuing only until 1943. [18] A total of 290 trolley buses were built, with Portland, Oregon being by far the biggest customer (with 141 total). [18] 1936: The Mack E series introduced. Mack Jr trucks introduced. 1938: Mack trucks is the first company to produce its own heavy-duty diesel ...

7. Autocar Company - Wikipedia

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   The Autocar Company is an American specialist manufacturer of severe-duty, Class 7 and Class 8 vocational trucks, with its headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama.Started in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in October 1897 as a manufacturer of early Brass Era automobiles, and trucks from 1899, Autocar is the oldest surviving motor vehicle brand in the Western Hemisphere.