Section 7.9 establishes a representative vehicle (RV) methodology for Automotive Life Cycle Assessment. The RV is a benchmark vehicle reflecting typical characteristics of a defined group of vehicles to reduce administrative burden while ensuring comparability. RV selection excludes high-performance, off-road, and special-purpose variants, then selects based on highest technical mass among remaining vehicles within an LCA group defined by vehicle structure family, powertrain type, and production region. Upstream, downstream, and end-of-life emission factors are calculated from the RV and applied to declared vehicles within the same LCA group. Traction batteries and hydrogen storage vessels are calculated separately.