41. The Chair of the IWG on Electric Vehicles and the Environment (EVE) presented a status report on the ongoing activities of the group (GRPE-75-28) under the three assigned areas of work. First, he explained the ongoing work on GTR development for the test procedure to determine power of electrified vehicles on the basis of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) method. He mentioned the priority given to the reference method, whereas a decision on whether to also develop the candidate method would be taken later. Second, he reported on the continuous research on battery durability and referred to activities from Canada and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) on battery life modelling. Third, he informed GRPE that the IWG on EVE had contacted the Chair and the Secretary of the Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency (GEEE) to seek their partnership on the project to assess upstream emissions from electric vehicles. Finally, he underlined the regular interactions between EVE and WLTP IWGs to ensure that work would be complimentary and on time as well as to avoid duplication of efforts.

42. GRPE acknowledged the progress made by the IWG on EVE and noted the request for a meeting room for half a day during the GRPE week in January 2018.