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The wording of the vehicle description on the label shall have normal spacing of letter, line and word, and be centred horizontally and vertically in the area specified in clause 2.9.
      2.11 The vehicle description specified in clause 2.9 shall include the:
      2.11.1 vehicle make, model and variant description by which the vehicle is advertised and sold;
      2.11.2 transmission type of the vehicle; and
      2.11.3 the fuel type of the vehicle, where:
      2.11.3.1 for pure electric vehicles, the term 'Electric' shall be used for the fuel type; and
      2.11.3.2 for externally chargeable hybrid electric vehicles, the term "plug-in petrol/electric hybrid", "plug-in diesel/electric hybrid" or "plug-in LPG/electric hybrid" shall be used, as appropriate, for the fuel type.
      2.12 The energy consumption value in Wh/km specified in clause 4.7.1 of this vehicle standard shall be centred in the red area on the label indicated by the letters "XXX" in Figure 4.
      2.13 The range in km specified in clause 4.7.1 of this vehicle standard shall be centred in the red area on the label indicated by the letters "XXX" in Figure 4.
      2.14 The fuel consumption value in L/100km shall be centred in the red area on the label indicated by the letters "XX.X" in Figure 4, and:
      2.14.1 for externally chargeable hybrid electric vehicles, the value shall be as specified in clause 4.7.2 of this vehicle standard; and
      2.14.2 for pure electric vehicles, the value is to be displayed as "0".
      2.15 The carbon dioxide emissions value in g/km shall be centred in the green area on the fuel consumption label indicated by the letters "XXX" in Figure 4, and:
      2.15.1 for externally chargeable hybrid electric vehicles, the value shall be as specified in clause 4.7.2 of this vehicle standard; and
      2.15.2 for pure electric vehicles, the value is to be displayed as "0".
      2.16 The dimensions of the red and green areas featuring the energy consumption, range, fuel consumption and CO2 emission values may be varied by up to 1mm to allow for printing tolerances.
      2.17 Figure 6 provides a sample label to illustrate placement of the vehicle description and energy consumption, range, fuel consumption and CO2 emission values.

Figure 4: Illustration of Energy Consumption Label with fonts and dimensions

Figure 5: Illustration of Energy Consumption Label

Figure 6: Sample Energy Consumption Label (for illustrative purposes only)

Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 81/02 — Fuel Consumption Labelling for Light Vehicles) 2008
made under  Section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

              Compilation: 7 (up to and including Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule) Amendment Instrument 2021 (No.2))

              Compilation Date: 30/11/2021
Volume 1   contains Clauses 0.1–6 and Notes
Volume 2   contains Appendix A
Volume 3   contains Appendix B
Volume 4   contains