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How the Fuel Consumption Program Works

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From 1990 to 2005, transportation-related GHG emissions grew by 33%, from 150 megatonnes (Mt) to 200 Mt. GHG emissions from passenger vehicles also continue to grow.

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On April 1, 2009 the Government of Canada announced that new Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations would be developed to limit greenhouse gas emissions from the automotive sector under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), 1999.  Beginning in model year 2011, the motor vehicle industry will submit data to Environment Canada. As a result, on March 31, 2010 Transport Canada’s Fuel Consumption Program (FCP) ended.

Background

The automobile industry in North America is highly integrated. As a result, manufacturers and importers on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border use a standard set of testing procedures to measure fuel consumption. Every manufacturer tests vehicle fuel consumption according to the same set of standardized laboratory-controlled test procedures known as the Federal Test Procedure (FTP), which are set out in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations.

Manufacturers and importers selling new light-duty vehicles in Canada voluntarily report fuel consumption data to the Fuel Consumption Program (FCP). Some of the data collected is used to compute and report on Company Average Fuel Consumption (CAFC) numbers. Natural Resources Canada works with the FCP to make the fuel consumption ratings available to the Canadian public on new vehicle EnerGuide labels and in the annual Canadian Fuel Consumption Guide.

The FCP also conducts annual independent audit testing of a sample of vehicles to verify the accuracy of the fuel consumption information submitted by the automotive industry. The FCP selects vehicles for independent audit testing according to a specific set of criteria.

More information about the FCP is presented in the following sections:

Date modified:
2012-03-08