Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00447:reg:1:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00447
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 7/13)
Character Range: 67831–70597

per cent urban, 33 per cent rural and 33 per cent motorway speed bins. 'Approximately' shall mean the interval of ±10 per cent points around the stated percentages. The urban speed bin shall however never be less than 29 per cent of the total trip distance.  The trip shall consist of approximately 55 per cent urban and 45 per cent expressway speed bins. 'Approximately' shall mean the interval of ±10 per cent points around the stated percentages. The urban speed bin however can be lower than 45 per cent but never be less than 40 per cent of the total trip distance.

The shares of urban, rural and motorway speed bins shall be expressed as a percentage of the total trip distance for analysis with 4-Phase WLTC.
              The shares of urban and expressway speed bins shall be expressed as a percentage of the trip distance with speed not exceeding 100km/h for analysis with 3-Phase WLTC.

              The minimum distance of each, urban, rural and motorway or expressway speed bins shall be 16 km.

              9.3. RDE test to be performed

              The RDE performance shall be demonstrated by testing vehicles on the road, operated over their normal driving patterns, conditions and payloads. RDE tests shall be conducted on paved roads (e.g. off-road operation is not permitted). Either a single RDE trip or two dedicated RDE trips shall be driven in order to prove compliance with the emission requirements against both 3-Phase WLTC and 4-Phase WLTC.

              9.3.1. The design of the trip shall be such as to comprise driving that would in principle cover all of the required shares of speed bins in paragraph 9.2 and comply with all other requirements described in paragraphs 9.1.1. and 9.3, paragraphs 4.5.1. and 4.5.2. of Annex 8 and paragraph 4. of Annex 9.

              9.3.2. The planned RDE trip shall always start with urban operation followed by rural, then motorway or expressway operation, in accordance with the required shares for speed bins in paragraph 9.2. The urban, rural and motorway/expressway operation shall be run consecutively, but may also include a trip which starts and ends at the same point. Rural operation may be interrupted by short periods of urban speed bin when driving through urban areas. Motorway/expressway operation may be interrupted by short periods of urban or rural speed bins, e.g., when passing toll stations or sections of road work.

              9.3.3.  The vehicle speed shall normally not exceed 145 km/h. This maximum speed may be exceeded by a tolerance of 15 km/h for not more than 3 per cent of the time duration of the motorway operation. Local speed limits remain in force during a PEMS test, notwithstanding other legal consequences. Violations of local speed limits per se