US: Light-duty: FTP-75

The FTP-75 (Federal Test Procedure) has been used for emission certification and fuel economy testing of light-duty vehicles in the United States. The test is often referred to as simply ‘FTP’ (this should not be confused with the FTP test for heavy-duty engines).

The FTP-75 and the FTP72 are two variants of the EPA Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule (UDDS). The FTP-75 cycle is derived from the FTP-72 by adding a third phase of 505 s, identical to the first phase of FTP-72 but with a hot start. The third phase starts after the engine is stopped for 10 minutes. Thus, the entire FTP-75 cycle consists of the following segments:


 * 1) Cold start transient phase (ambient temperature 20-30°C), 0-505 s,
 * 2) Stabilized phase, 506-1372 s,
 * 3) Hot soak (min 540 s, max 660 s),
 * 4) Hot start transient phase, 0-505 s.

FTP-75 Cycle

The emissions from each phase are collected in a separate teflon bag, analyzed and expressed in g/mile (g/km). The weighting factors are 0.43 for the cold start, 1.0 for the stabilized phase and 0.57 for the hot start phase.

The following are basic parameters of the cycle:
 * Distance traveled: 11.04 miles (17.77 km)
 * Duration: 1874s
 * Average speed: 21.2 mph (34.1 km/h).

For emission certification, vehicles must meet the applicable FTP emission standards. From model year 2000, vehicles have to be additionally tested on two Supplemental Federal Test Procedures (SFTP) designed to address shortcomings with the FTP-75 in the representation of (1) aggressive, high speed driving (US06), and (2) the use of air conditioning (SC03).

Fuel economy values are calculated on the basis of FTP testing for the city rating, while the highway rating is determined based on HWFET testing.

The FTP-75 cycle is known in Australia as the ADR 37 (Australian Design Rules) cycle.

Links
EPA Driving Schedule site - refers to FTP-75 as EPA75