Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00108:front:0:p17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00108
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 48769–51952

'Electric Regenerative Braking System of Category A'; must also meet the requirements of APPENDIX 5.

 1.                                           PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
     1.                                     The vehicle must be capable of meeting the range of performance tests set out in Table 1, or as an alternative Table 5 for certain tests and particular categories of vehicles, subject to the general test conditions of clause 7 and the particular test conditions of clause 8.
     2.                                     The sequence of testing may be in the order set out in Table 1.  Where the sequence of testing is not in the order set out in Table 1, the tests must, except as provided for tests conducted in accordance with clause 6.2.1 below, be grouped as follows:
Items 1 and 2;
Items 3 or 3A, 4 or 4A, and 5 inclusive[5];
Items 6 or 6A, 7 or 7A, and 8 inclusive5;
Item 9 immediately followed by item 10;
Items 11, 12 and 13 may be conducted at any time.
 1.                               Items 3 to 8, including the alternatives in Table 5, may also be conducted at any time, provided the temperature at the approximate centre of the facing length and width of the most heavily loaded shoe or disc pad of each brake is heated through a series of preceding decelerations to not less than 65°C and not more than 100°C at the commencement of each test, and the brakes are not adjusted (except as permitted by clause 8.2) between tests (including before/after any intervening decelerations/tests).

 1.                                           GENERAL TEST CONDITIONS
     1.                                     The ambient temperature at the test site must be within the range of 0°C to 40°C.
     2.                                     The following adjustments must be checked before commencing tests, and set to vehicle 'Manufacturer's' recommendations:
             1.             injection or ignition timing;
             2.             engine idle speed;
             3.             engine governed speed if adjustable governor is fitted; and
             4.             all brake adjustments.
     3.                                     The tyres fitted to the vehicle must be of the size and type specified by the vehicle 'Manufacturer' as original equipment for the vehicle, and must be inflated to pressures not less than those recommended by the vehicle 'Manufacturer'.
     4.                                     The 'Friction Elements' of the vehicle brakes must be of the make and grade specified by the vehicle 'Manufacturer'.
     5.                                     Decelerations must be conducted on sections of a test track or roadway that meets the following requirements:
         1.                               In the case of the Service Brake Fade Test, the surface must be substantially level and any effective upward average gradient between the start and end of each deceleration test section must not exceed one per cent.
         2.                               The requirements of this clause are deemed to be met if it is demonstrated that over the total number of brake applications of the Service Brake Fade Test sequence