159. The representative from Canada provided an update on the latest activities of the IWG on EVE, on behalf of the EVE leadership. He indicated that there had been one meeting of the IWG on EVE since the November 2016 WP.29 session, when WP.29 approved Part B of the EVE mandate and continuation of the group’s work.

160. He informed AC.3 that the twenty-first meeting of the IWG on EVE was held in Geneva on January 11th, 2017. It consisted of a half-day session that focused on highlighting the achievements during Part A of the mandate, and laying out the path forward for work during Part B. He noted that the IWG on EVE has a full two-day meeting scheduled to be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. on April 10th-11th, 2017. At this meeting the EVE IWG will‎ formally begin development of the GTR for power determination of electrified vehicles; continue to exchange research information about electrified vehicle battery durability; and plan outreach to the Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency (GEEE) as future collaborators on the method of stating the energy consumption of electrified vehicles. He also noted that the IWG on EVE has continued to interact regularly with the IWG on WLTP to ensure that the work of the two groups is complimentary and avoid duplication of efforts. Finally, he stated that after the April meeting in Ann Arbor, the IWG on EVE is planning to host a half day meeting during the week of GRPE in June 2017 in Geneva, and then another 2-day meeting in Austria in October 2017.