10 CFR § 474.4 - Test procedures.

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title: "10 CFR § 474.4 - Test procedures."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "474.4"
section_name: "Test procedures."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY CONSERVATION"
part_number: "474"
part_name: "ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM; PETROLEUM-EQUIVALENT FUEL ECONOMY CALCULATION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 32901"
regulatory_source: "65 FR 36991, June 12, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 474.4 Test procedures.

(a) The electric vehicle energy consumption values used in the calculation of petroleum-equivalent fuel economy under § 474.3 of this part will be determined by the Environmental Protection Agency using the Highway Fuel Economy Driving Schedule and Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule test cycles at 40 CFR parts 86 and 600.

(b) The “Special Test Procedures” provisions of 40 CFR 86.090-27 may be used to accommodate any special test procedures required for testing the energy consumption of electric vehicles.