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ROVER Release 9.3

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ROVER Release 9.3 outage period

ROVER will be unavailable from 4 pm to 10.30 pm AEST on Wednesday 21 May 2025 while we deploy changes to the portal. 

You can submit vehicles to the RAV during this time, however, they will not be processed until after ROVER goes live. 

Lists of approvals will remain available during the outage period.

What will change in ROVER Release 9.3?

Following is a list of some of the changes being deployed in ROVER:

  • SEVs Register entry expiry warning: When you add a Specialist and Enthusiast Vehicles (SEVs) Register entry number to a concessional RAV entry approval application, a warning will be displayed if the entry will expire within 45 days.
  • Embargo dates: When varying a vehicle type approval application, you will be able to request an embargo date to be changed.
  • NVES fields for RAV submissions: You will be able to add the 4 New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) fields to RAV submissions that will become a requirement (for relevant vehicles) from 1 July 2025. The fields are NVES vehicle type, carbon dioxide emissions, mass in running order, and rated towing capacity.
  • NVES Reconciliation report: You will be able to view a report to reconcile submitted NVES data against the vehicles you have added to the RAV. You will also be able to filter this report and export the information as an excel file.
  • Motive power field for RAV submissions: You will be able add a vehicle’s motive power to a RAV entry submission. This field will remain optional until further notice.
  • RAV validations: We will be adding several new validations to RAV entry submission fields, including the 4 new NVES fields.
  • Engine stroke field: You will no longer need to provide the engine stroke as part of the Road Vehicle Descriptor of an application. If you have already provided the engine stroke in your application, it will remain be visible.
  • Model Report variants: In a Model Report application, you will not be able to declare that your Model Report does not cover any variants.
  • Model Report scope: In a Model Report application, you will need to provide the vehicle scope data in the requested fields instead of uploading a document containing that information.
  • List of Model Report approvals: We will publish the Model Report Scope of every Model Report that is approved after this system release, where we have received vehicle scope information.

ROVER Release 9.3 resources

A range of resources will be available to support ROVER users with the changes being introduced in Release 9.3. We will add new and updated resources here as we approach the release date.