AUTOKID: 10 Years of Driving Your Business

AUTOKID: 10 Years of Driving Your Business

OCTOBER 2021 IS a special date for Autokid as it is at this month that it will celebrate 10 years of driving your business with quality truck solutions. Founding October 2011—Autokid Subic Trading Corporation (shortened as ASTC) started as a dealer of second-hand cars...
Torque versus Horsepower: What’s the difference?

Torque versus Horsepower: What’s the difference?

IMAGINE YOU’RE WITH your friends that are into cars.. Then they start talking about non-English words like “torque” and “horsepower” and that model X has lots of them. You’re like “Nice. That’s a lot of torque and horsepower for a car.” And they’re like “Oh...
Big Rig: How Can Trailer Trucks Support So Much Weight?

Big Rig: How Can Trailer Trucks Support So Much Weight?

Big rig trailer trucks are some of the most fascinating vehicles you will ever see on highways. They are big and powerful and it is a curiosity how these machines could support so much weight.  A semi-trailer tractor typically weighs over 36,000 kilograms while a...
Why most trucks have diesel engines

Why most trucks have diesel engines

ALMOST EVERY TRAILER truck you would come across is probably powered by a diesel engine and there is a good reason why. These engines are fuel-efficient yet powerful. If you’re moving a vehicle as huge as a trailer truck, you need all the power you can get for as...
How good is a HOWO dump truck?

How good is a HOWO dump truck?

HOWO dump truck units are some of the most reliable heavy-duty vehicles to come out of China. The truck’s manufacturer Sinotruk brought China’s first home-grown heavy-duty truck. By looking into it, we can learn a lot about the state of truck manufacturing from the...