13. The expert from the United States of America gave an update on the activity of the IWG on Electric Vehicle Safety (EVS) UN GTR. The last meeting was held in Washington, D.C. on 13-15 May 2014 where participants continued to share information on research and rulemaking activities as in the United States of America and Canada. He clarified that these activities would provide regulatory recommendations for the draft UN GTR, its test procedures as well as supporting technical data. He mentioned that the IWG had been briefed on the progress of the seven Task Force (TF) groups set up to analyse and research specific topics, such as State of Charge (SOC), fire resistance, water immersion, etc. He announced that the IWG agreed: (i) to develop the UN GTR in one phase and (ii) to establish a new TF group to investigate on possible extension of the UN GTR scope to include buses and trucks. He finally invited the OICA experts from the bus and heavy truck manufacturers to attend GRSP and to participate in the activities of this new TF group.