World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations | Session 168 | 8-11 Mar 2016
Geneva
Agenda Item 18.4.
Electric Vehicles and the environment

123. The representative of Canada updated AC.3 about the ongoing activities on data and information gathering. He informed AC.3 about the expected outcome under each of the areas corresponding to Part A of the mandate, expected to be presented at the next GRPE session in June 2016 as a basis to discuss the way forward: (i) a report on the determination of energy consumption as a result of the activities led by China, (ii) a report on battery ageing and durability led by Canada and the United States of America, and (iii) recommendations on the development of a method to determine the power of electric vehicles as result of the activities led by Germany and the Republic of Korea. He underlined the agreement reached between the IWGs on WLTP, EVS and EVE to ensure a proper coordination of work avoiding any duplication and overlap on the area of battery durability. He specified that the IWG on WLTP would take the lead on the determination of requirements to be applied to aged batteries and other components, whereas the IWG on EVE would concentrate on the determination of ageing techniques. He mentioned that the IWG on EVE would meet again in April 2016 in China.