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@danielbizercox danielbizercox released this 24 Oct 19:32
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EPA's MOtor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES) is a state-of-the-science emission modeling system that estimates emissions for mobile sources at the national, county, and project level for criteria air pollutants, greenhouse gases, and air toxics. MOVES is available under EPA's Open-Source Software policy.

This is a draft version of MOVES5 called the MOVES5-ReleaseCandidate2. We are releasing the MOVES5 release candidate for testing purposes and for modelers to become familiar with functional changes between MOVES4 and MOVES5 before MOVES5.0.0 is released. Results from the release candidate version may not be used in work for state implementation plans, conformity determinations, or for any other regulatory purpose.

The release candidate version of MOVES5 incorporates several important updates, including:

  • Accounting for EPA’s Light- and Medium-Duty Multi-Pollutant Rule with higher projected electric vehicle (EV) fractions and more stringent standards for carbon dioxide (CO2), particulate matter (PM), non-methane organic gases (NMOG), and oxides of nitrogen (NOx).
  • Accounting for EPA’s Heavy-Duty Greenhouse Gas Emissions-Phase 3 Rule with higher projected EV fractions and updated energy consumption estimates for heavy-duty EVs.
  • Incorporating new data on light-duty (LD) and heavy-duty (HD) brake wear emissions.
  • Expanding detailed calculations for a given analysis year to vehicles up to 40 years old, instead of 30.
  • Updating onroad and nonroad fuel properties for calendar year 2021 and later.
  • Updating historical and forecast default vehicle miles travelled (VMT), vehicle populations, age distributions, and fuel type distributions.

The installer for this release candidate is available under the "Assets" heading below.

We plan to release the official MOVES5 model (MOVES5.0.0) later this year, along with full documentation and guidance on how MOVES5 should be used. Results from the official MOVES5.0.0 may differ from the results of this release candidate. Until the official version of MOVES5 is available, MOVES4.0.1 (at https://www.epa.gov/moves/latest-version-motor-vehicle-emission-simulator-moves and https://github.com/USEPA/EPA_MOVES_Model/releases/tag/MOVES4.0.1) is the latest version of MOVES for regulatory purposes. For more information, see MOVES4 Policy Guidance: Use of MOVES for State Implementation Plan Development, Transportation Conformity, General Conformity and Other Purposes (EPA-420-B-23-009).

For additional information on MOVES, visit EPA's MOVES website.

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