177. The representative of Canada provided an update on the latest activities of the Electric Vehicles and Environment (EVE) IWG on behalf of the EVE leadership. He noted that the IWG on EVE had met on two occasions since the last WP.29 session. The first meeting (January 2019, Geneva) included a separate half-day discussion on the validation-testing programme for the subgroup on system power determination. He recalled that the EVE IWG held a teleconference on 13 February 2019 as a follow-up to the Geneva meeting. He noted that EVE continues to progress on its assigned areas of work.

178. The representative of Canada stated that the group had developed a first draft of the GTR on Determination of Electrified Vehicle Power and had conducted the first round of validation testing. He explained that the IWG on EVE identified some discrepancies between the results from the two test procedures that determine system power and that it would discuss solutions to address those discrepancies at its meeting in April 2019, when it would also determine the extent of time required for moving forward. He noted that the IWG on EVE planned to discuss the potential need for an extension at the upcoming GRPE meeting in May 2019.

179. The representative of Canada recalled that efforts to model Electric Vehicle (EV) durability are led by the European Union Joint Research Centre (JRC) and validated using long-term EV testing results from Canada. EVE members continued to discuss how to proceed with in-vehicle battery durability. He explained that some members expressed that the technologies are still new and that it may be better to continue research for some time and potentially address durability in a future UN GTR, while others expressed alternative approaches to addressing in-vehicle battery durability, including non-UN GTR approaches such as a warranty requirement and/or labelling.

180. The representative of the European Union supported the development of specifications for the terms of reference on the power determination of hybrids, which, he stated, would result in a minor delay to the submission of the UN GTR. In terms of battery durability, he stated that the European Union would continue to support the objective of establishing a UN GTR, which should also be viewed in the context of the European Union’s work on the post-Euro 6 and Eco-design as these aims necessitate the establishment of technical requirements.

181. AC.3 adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/33, the request for authorization to develop a new UN GTR on Determination of Electrified Vehicle Power.