Super Trucks

An action-packed celebration of the world of trucks, this guide presents the fastest, loudest, most powerful, most expensive, and most outrageous trucks ever to hit the road. In addition to featuring pick-up trucks, military trucks, tankers, desert racers, monster trucks, and more, Super Trucks also tells amazing human-interest stories. Readers will take a trip with a long-distance trucker, find out what it's like to be a life-saving paramedic in an ambulance zooming to the scene of an emergency, and discover how much it costs Dekotora owners to add bling to their lit-up trucks.

Trucks are tools on wheels. They bring us the things we need and can carry the heaviest of loads. This encyclopedia gives readers a look at trucks, from their earliest versions to the working trucks of today to the trucks of the future. Features include a helpful introduction to the topic, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Early Encyclopedias is an imprint of Abdo Reference, a division of ABDO.

An introduction to international trucking describes the principal types of trucks and explains recent engineering advances and major terminology

This title will teach readers the mechanics as well as the history of super trucks. Readers will learn how super trucks were invented and developed overtime. Detailed illustrations and lots of historical facts give the reader a comprehensive look at these machines

The captivating, fast-paced world of motorsports gets an in-depth view in this resource that covers everything from motocross to speedboat racing to aerial acrobatics. Vivid photographs illustrate each offshoot of motorsports, including a brief history of the sport, important people who helped shape the sport, and details about some of the fastest and most high-endurance competitions. For those interested in getting started in any of these sports, the book includes resources about the type of equipment needed, the importance of getting proper training, and how to find local motorsport racing associations and local competitions.

This book systematically discusses the development of autonomous driving, describing the related history, technological advances, infrastructure, social impacts, international competition, China’s opportunities and challenges, and possible future scenarios. This popular science book uses straightforward language and includes quotes from ancient Chinese poems to enhance the reading experience. The discussions are supplemented by theoretical elaborations, presented in tables and figures. The book is intended for auto fans, upper undergraduate and graduate students in the field of automotive engineering.

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