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As more electric vehicles (EVs) make their way into the roadway population, one safety standard OEMs address with lighter vehicles is Federal/Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 305: Electrolyte Spillage and...

​​​​​​​Federal Excise Tax exemptions for concrete mixers are specifically addressed in Internal Revenue Code Section 4053, which also contains other commonly misunderstood exemptions for feed, seed and fertilizer...

Final-stage manufacturers can use three different certification statements, which is why there are different certification labels. These statements are used based on how the final-stage manufacturer can meet conditions...

Many fleets are adopting lightweighting as a solution to allow for moving down in vehicle class to a 10,000-pound or less GVWR. Modern EVs have been shown to have a heavier curb weight than an equivalent chassis with an...

Some companies are confused on commercial driver’s license requirements and the different gross vehicle weight rating thresholds for single-unit trucks versus the gross combination weight rating for a truck and trailer...

​​​​​​​Sales of large vehicles bring up the subject of FET along with hope that the vehicle may somehow meet an exemption from the tax. Large specialty vehicles, such as vacuum trucks, can easily play into this hope, due...

Brakes are arguably the most important safety system in a vehicle. Federal/Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 121 establishes performance requirements for all air-braked vehicles, such as trucks, buses, tractors...

​​​​​​​Many fleet members ask if they need a United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) number for their operations and how to apply for one.

NTEA receives questions on rerating truck gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR), especially from upfitters asked to lower GVWR on a used — already titled — vehicle.

​​​​​​​The variety of sizes and applications of truck-mounted cranes often prompts questions about when cranes are subject to FET.