20. The number of credits to which the sale or lease, by a motor vehicle manufacturer, of a new zero-emission motor vehicle gives entitlement is determined using the following equation: Nc ZEV = (0.01 × R × 0.6214) + 0.50
where
Nc ZEV = the number of credits to which the sale or lease of a new zero-emission motor vehicle gives entitlement;
R = the electric range of the motor vehicle, in kilometres.
The electric range of a zero-emission motor vehicle is determined according to the standards and by using the following methods:(a) the EPA Light-duty Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule (UDDS) method provided for in U.S. 40 CFR Appendix I to Part 86, used here to measure, for that type of vehicle, the distance it may travel without recharging the battery when travelling in the city without interruption;
(b) for 2014 to 2017 model years, the standards and other methods provided for in the document entitled California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures for 2009 through 2017 Model Zero-Emission Vehicles and Hybrid Electric Vehicles, in the Passenger Car, Light-Duty Truck and Medium-Duty Vehicle Classes, published by the California Air Resources Board;
(c) for 2018 and subsequent model years, the standards and other methods provided for in the document entitled California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures for 2018 and Subsequent Model Zero-Emission Vehicles and Hybrid Electric Vehicles, in the Passenger Car, Light-Duty Truck and Medium-Duty Vehicle Classes, published by the California Air Resources Board.
If the motor vehicle is registered in Québec after 1 September 2025, it gives entitlement to one credit.
1217-2017O.C. 1217-2017, s. 20; I.N. 2018-03-01; 1422-2023O.C. 1422-2023, s. 141.