CFR > Title 40 - Protection of Environment > CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY > SUBCHAPTER C—AIR PROGRAMS (Parts 50–99) > PART 86—CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NEW AND IN-USE HIGHWAY VEHICLES AND ENGINES > SUBPART R—General Provisions for the Voluntary National Low Emission Vehicle Program for Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks (§86.1701-99 to §86.1780-99) > 86.1772-99—Road load power, test weight, and inertia weight class determination.

86.1772-99—Road load power, test weight, and inertia weight class determination.

(a) The provisions of § 86.129 apply to this subpart.
(b) The following requirements shall also apply to this subpart:
(1) For electric and hybrid electric vehicle lines where it is expected that more than 33 percent of a vehicle line will be equipped with air conditioning, per § 86.096-24(g)(2) or § 86.1832-01(a) as applicable, that derives power from the battery pack, the road load shall be increased by the incremental horsepower required to operate the air conditioning unit. The incremental increase shall be determined by recording the difference in energy required for a hybrid electric vehicle under all-electric power to complete the running loss test fuel tank temperature profile test sequence without air conditioning and the same vehicle tested over the running loss test fuel tank temperature profile test sequence with the air conditioning set to the “NORMAL” air conditioning mode and adjusted to the minimum discharge air temperature and high fan speed over the time period needed to perform the test sequence, and converting this value into units of horsepower. Vehicles equipped with automatic temperature controlled air conditioning systems shall be operated in “AUTOMATIC” temperature and fan modes with the system set at 72 deg. F. The running loss test fuel tank temperature profile test sequence is found in § 86.129(d).
(2) [Reserved]

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[62 FR 31242, June 6, 1997. Redesignated at 63 FR 987, Jan. 7, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 23924, May 4, 1999]