California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 1 - Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Devices › Article 2 - Approval of Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Devices (New Vehicles) › Section 1962.1 - Zero-Emission Vehicle Standards for 2009 Through 2017 Model Year Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
ZEV Emission Standard.
The Executive Officer shall certify new 2009 through 2017 model year passenger
				  cars, light-duty trucks and medium-duty vehicles as ZEVs if the vehicles
				  produce zero exhaust emissions of any criteria pollutant (or precursor
				  pollutant) under any and all possible operational modes and
				  conditions.
(b)
Percentage
				  ZEV Requirements.
(1)
General Percentage ZEV Requirement.
(A)
Basic Requirement
. The
				  minimum percentage ZEV requirement for each manufacturer is listed in the table
				  below as the percentage of the PCs and LDT1s, and LDT2s to the extent required
				  by subdivision (b)(1)(C), produced by the manufacturer and delivered for sale
				  in California that must be ZEVs, subject to the conditions in this subdivision
				  1962.1(b). The
				  ZEV requirement will be based on the annual NMOG production report for the
				  appropriate model year.
Model Years
Minimum
							 ZEV Requirement
2009 through 2011
11 %
2012 through 2014
12 %
2015 through 2017
14 %
(B)
Calculating the Number of Vehicles to Which the Percentage ZEV
				  Requirement is Applied.
For purposes of calculating a manufacturer's
				  requirement in subdivision
				  1962.1(b)(1) for
				  model years 2009 through 2017, a manufacturer may use a three year average
				  method or same model year method, as described below in sections
				  1. and 2. A manufacturer may
				  switch methods on an annual basis. This production averaging is used to
				  determine ZEV requirements specified in subdivision
				  1962.1 (b)(1)(A)
				  only, and has no effect on a manufacturer's size determination, specified in
				  section 1900. In applying the ZEV
				  requirement, a PC, LDT1, or LDT2, that is produced by one manufacturer (e.g.,
				  Manufacturer A), but is marketed in California by another manufacturer (e.g.,
				  Manufacturer B) under the other manufacturer's (Manufacturer B) nameplate,
				  shall be treated as having been produced by the marketing manufacturer
				  (Manufacturer B).
1. For the 2009 through
				  2011 model years, a manufacturer's production volume of PCs and LDT1s, and
				  LDT2s as applicable, produced and delivered for sale in California will be
				  based on the three-year average of the manufacturer's volume of PCs and LDT1s,
				  and LDT2s as applicable, produced and delivered for sale in California in the
				  2003 through 2005 model years. As an alternative to the three-year averaging of
				  prior year production described above, a manufacturer may elect to base its ZEV
				  obligation on the number of PCs and LDT1s, and LDT2s, as applicable, produced
				  by the manufacturer and delivered for sale in California that same model
				  year.
2. For 2012 through 2017
				  model years, a manufacturer's production volume for the given model year will
				  be based on the three-year average of the manufacturer's volume of PCs and
				  LDTs, produced and delivered for sale in California in the prior fourth, fifth
				  and sixth model year [for example, 2013 model year ZEV requirements will be
				  based on California production volume of PCs and LDTs, for the 2007 to 2009
				  model years, and 2014 model year ZEV requirements will be based on California
				  production volume of PCs and LDTs, for the 2008 to 2010 model years]. As an
				  alternative to the three-year averaging of prior year production described
				  above, a manufacturer may elect to base its ZEV obligation on the number of PCs
				  and LDTs, produced by the manufacturer and delivered for sale in California
				  that same model year.
(C)
Phase-in of ZEV Requirements for LDT2s.
Beginning with the ZEV
				  requirements for the 2009 model year, a manufacturer's LDT2 production shall be
				  included in determining the manufacturer's overall ZEV requirement under
				  subdivision (b)(1)(A) in the increasing percentages shown in the table below.
2009
2010
2011
2012+
51%
68%
85%
100%
(D)
Exclusion of ZEVs in Determining a Manufacturer's Sales
				  Volume.
In calculating, for purposes of subdivisions
				  1962.1(b)(1)(B)
				  and 1962.1(b)(1)(C),
				  the volume of PCs, LDT1s, and LDT2s that a manufacturer has produced and
				  delivered for sale in California, the manufacturer shall exclude the number of
				  ZEVs produced by the manufacturer, or by a subsidiary in which that
				  manufacturer has a greater than 50 percent ownership interest, and delivered
				  for sale in California.