Regulations last checked for updates: Mar 13, 2025

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Mar 03, 2025
§ 585.131 - Definitions.

(a) All terms defined in 49 U.S.C. 30102 are used in their statutory meaning.

(b) Bus, gross vehicle weight rating or GVWR, low-speed vehicle, multipurpose passenger vehicle, passenger car, truck, and motorcycle are used as defined in § 571.3 of this chapter.

(c) Production year means the 12-month period between September 1 of one year and August 31 of the following year, inclusive.

(d) Electric Vehicle, and hybrid vehicle are used as defined in § 571.141 of this chapter.

authority: 49 U.S.C. 322,30111,30115,30117,and; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95
source: 69 FR 70916, Dec. 8, 2004, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 49 CFR 585.131