Vehicle Emission Control Information (VECI) Acronym Definitions
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- CARB: California Air Resource Board
- CARB LEV: Low Emission Vehicle
- CARB SULEV: Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle
- CARB TLEV: Transitional Low Emission Vehicle
- CARB ULEV: Ultra Low Emission Vehicle
- CARB ZEV: Zero Emission Vehicle
- CI: Cylinder Injection
- EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
- EVAP: Evaporative Emissions
- GVW: Gross Vehicle Weight
- GVWR: Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, curb weight plus payload.
- HHDDE: Heavy Heavy Duty Diesel Engine
- HHDE: Heavy Heavy Duty Engine
- ILEV: Inherently Low Emission Vehicle
- LDDT: Light Duty Diesel Truck categories
- LDT: Light Duty Truck (gasoline) categories based on weight as defined in the table.
- LDV: Light Duty Vehicle, generally passenger cars and light trucks under 2,721.55 Kg (6,000 lb) GVWR.
- LEV: Low Emission Vehicle
- LEV-II: California regulations beginning in the 2004 model year.
- LHDE: Light Heavy Duty Engine (several weight categories).
- LVW: Loaded Vehicle Weight, curb weight plus 136.08 Kg (300 lb).
- MDPV: Medium Duty Passenger Vehicle
- MDT: Medium Duty Truck categories based on weight as defined in the table.
- MDV: Medium Duty Vehicle
- MHDDE: Medium Heavy Duty Diesel Engine
- MHDE: Medium Heavy Duty Engine
- MPI: Multi-Port Injection
- MY: Model Year
- NCP: Non-Compliance Penalty
- OBD: On Board Diagnostic
- ORVR: On-Board Refueling Vapor Recovery
- PC: Passenger Car
- PZEV: Partially Zero Emission Vehicle
- SI: Sequential Injection
- SULEV: Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle
- Tier 0: California and Federal regulations effective prior to Tier 1 phase in dates.
- Tier 1: California regulations beginning in 1993 model year and Federal regulations beginning in 1994 model year.
- Tier 2: Federal regulations beginning in the 2004 model year.
- ULEV: Ultra Low Emission Vehicle
- ZEV: Zero Emission Vehicle