California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 1 - Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Devices › Article 3.4 - High Priority and Federal Fleets Requirements › Section 2015.2 - High Priority and Federal Fleets ZEV Milestones Option

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Until January 1, 2030, fleet owners may choose this option
					 in lieu of the Model Year Schedule Requirements of section
					 2015.1 to have the flexibility to
					 manage their California fleet while meeting the ZEV Fleet Milestones regardless
					 of vehicle age and mileage. If a vehicle is operated in California at any time
					 during a calendar year, it will be considered part of the California fleet for
					 the entire calendar year for purposes of calculating the ZEV Fleet Milestones
					 of section
					 2015.2(a) and
					 (b). By using this option, fleet owners must
					 acknowledge that they are knowingly and voluntarily waiving the provisions of
					 Health and Safety Code section
					 43021(a)
					 that would otherwise apply to commercial motor vehicles as defined in CVC
					 section 34601 in their California fleet,
					 except for new ICE vehicles purchased pursuant to a granted exemption specified
					 in sections
					 2015.2(f)(2),
					 2015.2(f)(5), and
					 2015.2(f)(9).
					 Fleet owners choosing to use this path must comply with the following:
(a) ZEV Fleet Milestones. Beginning January
				  1, 2025, fleet owners must continuously meet or exceed the ZEV Fleet Milestone
				  percentage requirements set forth below in Table A: ZEV Fleet Milestones by
				  Milestone Group and Year for their California fleets. The ZEV Fleet Milestone
				  percentages must be maintained each year until the next compliance milestone;
				  for example, Milestone Group 1 vehicles must comprise at least ten percent of
				  the California fleet each year beginning January 1, 2025 until December
				  31,2027.
Table A: ZEV Fleet Milestones by Milestone Group and
					 Year
Percentage of vehicles that must be
							 ZEVs
10%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Milestone Group 1: Box trucks, vans, buses with two
							 axles, yard tractors, light-duty package delivery vehicles
2025
2028
2031
2033
2035 and beyond
Milestone Group 2: Work trucks, day cab tractors,
							 pickup trucks, buses with three axles
2027
2030
2033
2036
2039 and beyond
Milestone Group 3: Sleeper cab tractors and specialty
							 vehicles
2030
2033
2036
2039
2042 and beyond
(b) ZEV Fleet Milestone Calculation. The
				  annual ZEV Fleet Milestone is calculated by counting the vehicles in the
				  California fleet for each of the three Milestone Groups listed in Table A, then
				  multiplying the number of vehicles in each Milestone Group by the ZEV
				  percentage requirement for that year as shown in Equation 1: ZEV Fleet
				  Milestone Equation. If the sum of the ZEV Fleet Milestones is not a whole
				  number, the value must be rounded using standard rounding convention.
Equation 1: ZEV Fleet Milestone
					 Equation
([Milestone Group 1 Vehicle Count] x [Milestone Group 1
					 Percentage Requirement]) + ([Milestone Group 2 Vehicle Count] x [Milestone
					 Group 2 Percentage Requirement]) + ([Milestone Group 3 Vehicle Count] x
					 [Milestone Group 3 Percentage Requirement]) = ZEV Fleet Milestone
The following example shows how the ZEV Fleet Milestone is
					 calculated for the 2031 calendar year for a fleet owner that has 100 Milestone
					 Group 1 vehicles and 50 Milestone Group 2 vehicles and two backup vehicles that
					 are excluded from the calculation:
Milestone Group 1:100 vehicles x 50% = 50 ZEVs
Milestone Group 2:50 vehicles x 25% = 12.5 ZEVs
Total ZEV Fleet Milestone = 62.5 (rounds up to 63
					 ZEVs)
(c) Any ZEVs Count
				  for Compliance. Any ZEV from any Milestone Group can be used to count toward
				  the fleet's ZEV Fleet Milestone requirement. For example, a fleet with box
				  trucks and day cab tractors can meet the total ZEV Fleet Milestone requirement
				  with ZEV day cab tractors instead of ZEV box trucks.
(d) Rental Vehicle Option. In lieu of
				  counting all rental vehicles that operate in California, interstate rental
				  fleet owners may choose to report the average number of rental vehicles that
				  are operated in California. To use this option, four quarterly snapshots of the
				  number of rental vehicles operated in California must be taken on the first
				  Monday after January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1. For purposes of this
				  option, rental vehicles operated in California are those that are in
				  California, but are under contract to leave California; vehicles to be picked
				  up and dropped off in California; and vehicles that are not under contract
				  while in California on the date of the snapshot. In lieu of counting rental
				  vehicles under contract, rental fleet owners must supply telemetry data showing
				  each rental vehicle that is in California on the snapshot dates. Each vehicle
				  shall only be counted once for purposes of each snapshot. Fleet owners
				  utilizing this option must report the average number of rental vehicles as
				  specified in section
				  2015.4(h) and
				  keep records of snapshots taken and supporting documents as specified in
				  section 2015.5(h).
(e) Waste and Wastewater Fleet Option. Waste
				  and Wastewater fleet owners may delay compliance with the ZEV Milestones Option
				  as specified in section
				  2015.2(b) for the
				  vehicles in the California fleet as of January 1, 2024, that meet the criteria
				  specified in (1) through (3) below:
(1) Must
				  exclusively be fueled with biomethane.
(2) Eligible garbage vehicle configurations
				  are rear-, side-, and front-loader compactor trucks, tractors exclusively used
				  as transfer trucks, and roll-off trucks.
(3) Eligible wastewater vehicle
				  configurations are all vehicles that directly support the operation of
				  facilities that collect and process diverted in-state organic waste to produce
				  biomethane.
(4) Each vehicle that
				  no longer meets the criteria specified in section
				  2015.3(e)(1) through
				  (3) will reduce the number of eligible
				  vehicles from each originally designated Milestone Group by one, unless the
				  vehicle is replaced with a ZEV or another eligible ICE vehicle that is
				  exclusively fueled with biomethane.
(5) Fleet owners utilizing this option must
				  report fleet and vehicle information as specified in section
				  2015.4(c)(1)(J)
				  and keep records as specified in section
				  2015.5(m).
(6) ZEV Milestone Calculation Adjustment. For
				  vehicles that meet the criteria, each year the count of eligible waste and
				  wastewater fleet vehicles in Milestone Group 1 will be subtracted from the
				  count of vehicles in Milestone Group 1 and added to Milestone Group 3, and the
				  count of eligible waste and wastewater fleet vehicles in Milestone Group 2 will
				  be subtracted from the count of vehicles in Milestone Group 2 and added to
				  Milestone Group 3, as specified in section
				  2015.2(e). No
				  adjustment will be made for eligible waste and wastewater vehicles that already
				  are designated in Milestone Group 3.