Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations — 1
Definitions 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations. Act means the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 . ( Loi ) advanced technology vehicle means an electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or a fuel cell vehicle. ( véhicule à technologie de pointe ) alcohol dual fuel vehicle means a vehicle that (a) is designed to operate either on (i) alcohol fuel or gasoline, or (ii) alcohol fuel or diesel fuel; (b) yields equal or greater energy efficiency, calculated in accordance with section 510(g)(1) of Title 40, chapter I, part 600, subpart F, of the CFR, while operating on alcohol fuel as it does while operating on gasoline or diesel fuel; and (c) meets or exceeds the minimum driving range set out in section 5(a) of Title 49, subtitle B, chapter V, part 538, of the CFR. ( véhicule à alcool à double carburant ) alcohol fuel means a fuel mixture containing 85% or more by volume of methanol, ethanol, or other alcohols. ( alcool carburant ) approach angle means the smallest angle, in a plan side view of a vehicle, formed by the level surface on which the vehicle is standing and a line tangent to the front tire static loaded radius arc and touching the underside of the vehicle forward of the front tire. ( angle d’approche ) automobile means any four-wheeled self-propelled vehicle that is designed for use on highways and that has a GVWR of less than 4 536 kg (10,000 pounds), except (a) a vehicle manufactured in different stages by two or more manufacturers, if no intermediate or final-stage manufacturer of that vehicle manufactures more than 10,000 multistage vehicles per year; and (b) a work truck. ( automobile ) axle clearance means the vertical distance from the level surface on which a vehicle is standing to the lowest point on the axle differential of the vehicle. ( garde au sol sous les essieux ) break-over angle means the supplement of the largest angle, in the plan side view of a vehicle, that can be formed by two lines tangent to the front and rear static loaded radii arcs and intersecting at a point on the underside of the vehicle. ( angle de rampe ) cargo box length at the floor means the longitudinal distance between the inside front of the cargo box and the inside of the closed endgate as measured at the surface of the cargo box floor along the vehicle’s centreline. ( longueur de caisse au plancher ) cargo box length at the top of the body means the longitudinal distance between the inside front of the cargo box and the inside of the closed endgate as measured at the height of the top of the cargo box along the vehicle’s centreline. ( longueur de caisse au sommet de la carrosserie ) cargo box width means the width of the cargo box as measured at the cargo box’s narrowest point between the wheelhouses. ( largeur de la caisse de chargement ) car line [Repealed, SOR/2014-207, s. 1] CFR means the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States as amended from time to time. ( CFR ) CO 2 means carbon dioxide. ( CO 2 ) curb weight means, at the manufacturer’s choice, the actual or manufacturer’s estimated weight of a vehicle in operational status with all standard equipment and weight of fuel at nominal tank capacity and the weight of optional equipment. ( masse en état de marche ) departure angle means the smallest angle, in a plan side view of a vehicle, formed by the level surface on which the vehicle is standing and a line tangent to the rear tire static loaded radius arc and touching the underside of the vehicle rearward of the rear tire. ( angle de sortie ) electric vehicle means a vehicle that (a) conforms to the emission standards of bin 1 set out in a horizontal row in Table S04-1 in section 1811 of Title 40, chapter I, subchapter C, part 86, subpart S, of the CFR; (b) is powered solely by an electric motor drawing current from a rechargeable energy storage system, provided that recharge energy can be drawn from a source that is not on-board the vehicle; and (c) does not have an on-boa