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FMVSS 108 — Part 2

The October 2018 Tech Trends covered FMVSS 108 basics regarding regulatory compliance requirements for lights and reflectors as well as location of required lighting items. The following focuses on ensuring lights added...

November 13, 2018

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) Guidance

Tech Trends

Conflicting/missing tire and rim information

NTEA members must occasionally navigate tire and rim information mismatches in order to determine what details to use on the certification label. The difference being the information printed on, or missing from, the...

December 9, 2019

Generation Next

How do you measure success?

How do you measure your career success? Ultimately, most of us want fulfilling careers that make us happy. But in getting there, it's important for each of us to take stock and define the metrics that mean success in our...

May 25, 2023

Excise Tax Enquirer

Are APUs tax-exempt?

Is it true that there is now an exemption from Section 4051 tax for auxiliary power units?

April 10, 2009

Federal Excise Tax (FET) Implications

Excise Tax Enquirer

When are incomplete chassis-cabs considered nontaxable trucks?

We are a truck dealer that sometimes sells incomplete chassis-cabs to end-users. If the incomplete chassis-cab has a GVWR of less than 33,000 pounds and does not have any of the equipment listed in Treas. Reg. Section...

October 6, 2005

Tech Connections

Is conspicuity treatment required on a straight truck?

From an NTEA member A customer received a ticket for not having reflective conspicuity treatment on their straight truck. Is this correct? We believe the requirement was only for trailers and semi-tractors. Also, how...

August 1, 2024

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) Guidance

Tech Connections

Vehicle certification considerations when combining new and used components

We have customers who want our company to transfer their old truck body to a new incomplete truck chassis. Additionally, other customers want us to refurbish their older trucks using a glider kit (new cab, front axle and...

December 1, 2023

Tech Trends

Canada Regulatory Compliance Guide

The Association receives questions from members and their respective customers regarding the vehicle certification process in Canada. NTEA offers a complimentary resource to members that covers this very subject: Canada...

June 3, 2025

Whitepaper

Reducing emissions on the conventional fleet

NTEA's whitepaper, Reducing emissions on the conventional fleet, highlights key factors in mitigating the environmental impacts of today’s truck fleets. NTEA’s Chris Lyon and Aeroz-America’s Mike Visser offer perspective...

May 23, 2025

Whitepaper

Trailer towing: What you need to know for risk management

Trailer towing involves three primary elements: the work truck used to tow; the trailer and payload being towed; and towing system components (e.g., hitch system and safety chains). Each has limiting factors that...

July 3, 2025

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