Vehicle Family Configuration

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-029603",
  "term": "Vehicle Family Configuration",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Unique combination of vehicle hardware and calibration (related to measured or modeled emissions) within a vehicle family. Vehicles with hardware or software differences, but that have no hardware or software differences related to measured or modeled emissions may be included in the same vehicle configuration. Note that vehicles with hardware or software differences related to measured or modeled emissions are considered to be different configurations even if they have the same GEM inputs and FEL. Vehicles within a vehicle configuration differ only with respect to normal production variability or factors unrelated to measured or modeled emissions.\n\n2. Unique combination of hardware (material, geometry, and size) and calibration within an emission family. Units within a single configuration differ only with respect to normal production variability.\n\n3. Any subclassification of an engine family which can be described on the basis of gross power, emission control system, governed speed, injector size, engine calibration, and other parameters as designated by the Administrator.\n\n4. Unique combination of locomotive hardware and calibration within an engine family. Locomotives within a single configuration differ only with respect to normal production variability (or factors unrelated to engine performance or emissions). [40 CFR 1033.901 (CFR 2013)\n\n5. Basic classification unit of a manufacturer's product line and is comprised of all vehicle designs, models or series which are identical in material aspects with respect to the parameters listed in § 205.55-3.\n\n6. Unique combination of basic engine, engine code, inertia weight class, transmission configuration, and axle ratio within a base level.\n\n7. Mechanical arrangement, calibration and condition of a test automobile, with particular respect to carburetion, ignition timing, and emission control systems.\n\n8. Basic classification unit of a manufacturer's product line and is comprised of all vehicle designs, models or series which are identical in all material aspects with respect to the parameters listed in § 205.157-3 of this subpart.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 1037.801 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 59.680 (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 1060.801 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 89.502 (CFR 2013)",
    "EPA EV-Built Environments-Transportation",
    "40 CFR 205.51 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 600.002 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 610.11 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 205.151 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/vehicle-family-configuration/"
}