Sec. 1310. Technology testing and metrics
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The Secretary, in coordination with the partners of the interagency research program described in section 1308— shall develop standard testing procedures and technologies for evaluating the performance of advanced heavy vehicle technologies under a range of representative duty cycles and operating conditions, including for heavy hybrid propulsion systems; shall evaluate heavy vehicle performance using work performance-based metrics other than those based on miles per gallon, including those based on units of volume and weight transported for freight applications, and appropriate metrics based on the work performed by nonroad systems; and may construct heavy duty truck and bus testing facilities.