Is your fleet CARB-compliant?

Ensure your vehicles comply and avoid costly fines with the only CARB-approved aftermarket telematics solution

Geotab is the only CARB-compliant solution to eliminate the risk of fines

Fleets take note: using telematics devices that are not approved by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) can lead to fines up to $42,450 per infraction. Geotab’s GO Telematics Kit is the first and only CARB-compliant aftermarket telematics solution that eliminates the risk of violations and fines.

The CARB standard for aftermarket telematics solutions

As part of its regulations, CARB prohibits any changes to a vehicle’s OEM emissions controls system. This includes relocating or replacing the manufacturer’s on-board diagnostic (OBD) port. Violations of the regulation may result in a maximum penalty of $42,450 for each sale or installation of any part, device or mechanism that has not received an anti-tampering exemption by CARB.

This affects all T-harness solutions on the market that relocate or replace the manufacturer’s OBD port. Geotab offers the first and only solution to receive a CARB Executive Order allowing the secure installation of a continuously connected telematics product using an aftermarket T-harness, having collaborated closely with CARB to ensure its telematics solutions meet the strict compliance standards.

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How you can comply with the CARB Regulations

Join Geotab’s compliance experts for an information-packed panel to talk about all things CARB and sustainability compliance. This engaging discussion is moderated by Geotab’s own trucking industry expert and Manager, Business Development for Transportation and Logistics, Emily Williams.

Learn about:

The regulatory environment with regards to sustainability at the state and federal level from Stephen Woodring, Geotab’s Manager of Government Affairs.
The California Air Resources Board and its mandates, and solutions that can help fleets meet their Clean Truck Check program requirements from Faizan Ahmed, Geotab’s Product Manager for Compliance.

FAQs

What is the CARB standard for aftermarket telematics solutions?

California Vehicle Code (CVC) sections 27156 and 38391 prohibit the advertising, sale, offering for sale, or installation of any add-on or modified aftermarket part for on- or off-highway vehicles that modifies the original design or performance of a California vehicle's emission control system unless it is exempted by CARB.

Pursuant to Health and Safety Code (HSC) section 43016, a maximum civil penalty of $42,450 is applicable to each sale, offer for sale, installation, or advertisement of any part, device, or mechanism intended for use with, or as part of, a required motor vehicle pollution control device or system that alters or modifies the original design or performance of the motor vehicle pollution control device or system, and for which an anti-tampering exemption has not been issued by CARB pursuant to CVC section 27156 and California Code of Regulations, title 13, section 2222.

What is a CARB Executive Order and what are the details of Geotab’s EO?

For a product to be considered CARB-compliant, it must undergo extensive testing. If the product passes without harming emissions control or measurement, it is assigned a CARB Executive Order (EO) number. Geotab is the only aftermarket telematics solution to have passed the rigorous CARB testing and has been issued an Executive Order.

What are the CARB-compliant solutions offered by Geotab?

Our CARB-compliant GO Telematics Kit includes the required combination of the following three elements:

1. Either a GO9®, GO9+® or GO9 Rugged® device

2. A T-harness from the following list:

HRN-GS09K2
HRN-GS09K2-A
HRN-GS16K22
HRN-GS16K22-A
HRN-GR09K1
HRN-GR09K1-A
HRN-BD16S5

3. A CARB EO label, which needs to be applied under the hood. The installation instructions accompanying the label describe the appropriate installation location of the label.

Do any other telematics vendors have an Executive Order?

Geotab is the first and only aftermarket telematics solution vendor at this time to receive an Executive Order. Geotab collaborated closely with CARB to ensure our telematics solutions meet CARB’s strict compliance standards.

Avoid CARB violations and maintain uninterrupted access to your fleet telematics data

Find out how Geotab can provide you with continuous data insights while ensuring compliance with CARB’s gold standard for aftermarket telematics solutions.