Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 95 - REGULATION FOR LOW EMISSIONS AND ZERO EMISSIONS VEHICLE STANDARDS › Section 9VAC5-95-40 - Zero emission vehicle standards

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Any motor
				vehicle manufacturer may establish a Virginia-specific ZEV credit account in
				the ZEV Credit System and make a one-time deposit into its account a number of
				proportional credits equal to its 2025 model year starting California credit
				balance multiplied by the ratio of the average number of passenger cars and
				light-duty trucks that a manufacturer produced and delivered for sale in
				Virginia to the average number of passenger cars and light-duty trucks the
				manufacturer produced and delivered for sale in California during the time
				period selected by the manufacturer for calculation of its ZEV requirement for
				the first effective model year. The deposit shall be made only after all credit
				obligations for model year 2024 and earlier have been satisfied. While
				manufacturers may trade or sell these proportional credits to any other
				manufacturer, these credits may be used to meet up to 18% of its ZEV program
				credit requirements in any model year, unless and until this chapter is
				superseded by regulations updating the Advanced Clean Car Program. No vehicle
				manufacturer will be awarded or provided with any other form of ZEV program
				credits or credit balance prior to January 1, 2024, or at the beginning of the
				compliance period of this chapter.
B. Beginning with the 2025 model year, a
				motor vehicle manufacturer's sales fleet of passenger cars and light-duty
				trucks produced by motor vehicle manufacturers and delivered for sale or lease
				in Virginia shall generate at least the same applicable percentage of ZEV
				credits required under 13 CCR § 1962.2.
C. Credit bank, reporting, and recordkeeping
				requirements shall be as follows:
1. Beginning
				in the 2025 model year, a motor vehicle manufacturer subject to this chapter
				shall open an account in the California ZEV Credit System for banking credits
				earned in Virginia. The account shall be opened no later than March 1 of the
				calendar year after the end of 2025. A motor vehicle manufacturer shall notify
				the board within 30 days of opening an account in the California ZEV Credit
				System for the manufacturer's Virginia ZEV credits.
2. At least annually by May 1 of the calendar
				year after the close of a model year, a motor vehicle manufacturer shall submit
				a report to the board that identifies the necessary delivery and placement data
				of all motor vehicles generating ZEV credits and all transfers and acquisitions
				of ZEV credits, according to 13 CCR § 1962.2. The report may be amended
				based on late sales.
3. Upon
				request of the board, a manufacturer subject to this chapter shall furnish to
				the board all records that relate to the motor vehicles that are subject to
				this chapter and that are relevant for determining compliance with this
				chapter. Unless otherwise specified, a person subject to this chapter shall
				retain all relevant records for at least five years after creating the
				records.