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 1963 - Advanced Clean Trucks Purpose, Applicability, Definitions, and General Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Purpose. The purpose of sections
				  1963,
				  1963.1,
				  1963.2,
				  1963.3,
				  1963.4, and
				  1963.5 is to accelerate the market
				  for on-road zero-emission vehicles and to reduce emissions of oxides of
				  nitrogen (NOx), fine particulate matter (PM), other criteria pollutants, toxic
				  air contaminants, and greenhouse gases (GHG) from medium- and heavy-duty
				  on-road vehicles.
(b) Scope and
				  Applicability. Any manufacturer that certifies on-road vehicles over 8,500 lbs.
				  gross vehicle weight rating for sale in California is subject to sections
				  1963,
				  1963.1,
				  1963.2,
				  1963.3,
				  1963.4, and
				  1963.5 except as specified in
				  section 1963(e).
(c) Definitions. The following definitions
				  apply for sections
				  1963 through
				  1963.5:
(1) "All-electric range" means the number of
				  miles a vehicle can travel using electricity stored on-board the vehicle as
				  tested per the requirements of
				  17 CCR
				  section 95663(d) for on-road
				  vehicles with a GVWR over 8,500 lbs.
(2) "Class 2b-3" means an on-road vehicle
				  with a GVWR that is 8,501 pounds up to 14,000 pounds.
(3) "Class 2b-3 group" means the group of all
				  on-road vehicles with a GVWR that is 8,501 pounds up to 14,000
				  pounds.
(4) "Class 4" means an
				  on-road vehicle with a GVWR that is 14,001 pounds up to 16,000
				  pounds.
(5) "Class 4-8 group" means
				  the group of all on-road vehicles with a GVWR that is 14,001 pounds and above,
				  including "yard tractors" as defined in 1963(c)(20), except for a "tractor" as
				  defined in section
				  1963(c)(18).
(6) "Class 5" means an on-road vehicle with a
				  GVWR that is 16,001 pounds up to 19,500 pounds.
(7) "Class 6" means an on-road vehicle with a
				  GVWR that is 19,501 pounds up to 26,000 pounds.
(8) "Class 7" means an on-road vehicle with a
				  GVWR that is 26,001 pounds up to 33,000 pounds.
(9) "Class 7-8 tractor group" means a group
				  of on-road vehicles, that have a GVWR 26,001 pounds and above, including all
				  vehicles that meet the definition of "tractor" as defined in section
				  1963(c)(18),
				  except "yard tractors" as defined in section
				  1963(c)(20).
(10) "Class 8" means an on-road vehicle with
				  a GVWR that is 33,001 pounds and above.
(11) "Excluded bus" means a vehicle that
				  meets the following conditions:
(A) A
				  passenger-carrying vehicle with a GVWR that is 14,001 pounds or more;
(B) Has a load capacity of fifteen (15) or
				  more passengers;
(C) Is not a
				  cutaway vehicle as defined in
				  13 CCR
				  section 2023 (b)(17);
				  and
(D) Is not a school bus as
				  defined in the California Vehicle Code section
				  545.
(12) "Executive Officer" means the Executive
				  Officer of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) or his or her authorized
				  representative.
(13) "Gross vehicle
				  weight rating or "GVWR" has the same meaning as GVWR in California Vehicle Code
				  section
				  350.
(14) "Manufacturer" means any person who
				  assembles new on-road motor vehicles, or imports such vehicles for resale, or
				  who acts for and is under the control of any such person in connection with the
				  distribution of new motor vehicles, but shall not include any dealer with
				  respect to new motor vehicles received in commerce. In general, this term
				  includes any person who manufactures or assembles an on-road vehicle or other
				  incomplete on-road vehicle for sale in California or otherwise introduces a new
				  on-road motor vehicle into commerce in California. This includes importers who
				  import on-road vehicles for resale and persons that assemble glider vehicles.
				  This does not include persons who supply parts to the importer or vehicle
				  manufacturer of record.
(15) "Model
				  year" means a designation meeting the definition of "model year" under
				  17 CCR
				  section
				  95662(a)(16).
(16) "Near-zero-emission vehicle" or "NZEV"
				  means one of the following:
(A) An on-road
				  plug-in hybrid electric vehicle which has the same definition as that in
				  40 CFR section
				  86.1803-01, amended on July 1, 2011,
				  incorporated by reference herein, that achieves all-electric range as defined
				  in section
				  1963(c)(1);
				  or
(B) An on-road hybrid electric
				  vehicle that has the capability to charge the battery from an off-vehicle
				  conductive or inductive electric source and achieves all-electric range as
				  defined in section
				  1963(c)(1).
(17) "NZEV credit" means a credit generated
				  by producing and selling a NZEV in California.
(18) "Tractor" means an on-road vehicle
				  meeting one of the following:
(A) The
				  definition of "tractor" in
				  17 CCR
				  section 95662(a)(23);
				  or
(B) The definition of
				  "vocational tractor" in
				  17 CCR
				  section
				  95662(a)(27).
(19) "Vehicle" or "on-road vehicle" means new
				  equipment that meets the following criteria:
(A) Has a GVWR that is 8,501 pounds and
				  above;
(B) Is equipment intended
				  for use on highways, and meets the definition set forth in
				  17 CCR
				  section
				  95662(a)(26);
(C) Is not a trailer as defined in
				  17 CCR
				  section 95662(a)(24);
				  and
(D) Is not an excluded bus as
				  defined in section
				  1963(c)(11).
(20) "Yard tractor" means a vehicle that was
				  originally designed to be operated on-road and has a movable fifth wheel that
				  can be elevated and is used in moving and spotting trailers and containers at a
				  location or facility. Yard tractors are also commonly known as yard goats,
				  hostlers, yard dogs, trailer spotters, or jockeys.
(21) "Zero-emission vehicle" or "ZEV" means
				  an on-road vehicle with a drivetrain that produces zero exhaust emission of any
				  criteria pollutant (or precursor pollutant) or greenhouse gas under any
				  possible operational modes or conditions.
(22) "ZEV credit" means a credit generated by
				  producing and selling a ZEV into California.