---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 474.1"
title: "10"
number: "474.1"
heading: "Purpose and Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/474.1"
---

# §474.1. Purpose and Scope.


This part contains procedures for calculating a value for the petroleum-equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles, as required by [49 U.S.C. 32904(a)(2)](/usc/49/32904.md?p=a-2). The petroleum-equivalent fuel economy value is intended to be used by the Environmental Protection Agency in calculating corporate average fuel economy values pursuant to regulations at [40 CFR Part 600](/cfr/40/part600.md)—Fuel Economy of Motor Vehicles.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 32901 et seq.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 36991, June 12, 2000, unless otherwise noted.