154. The representative from Canada, Secretary of IWG on Electric Vehicles and the Environment (EVE), briefed WP.29 about the latest activities in developing the new UN GTR on Determination of Electrified Vehicle Power (DEVP). He explained that extra validation testing led to the one-year delay requested in the revised authorization (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/124), with a proposal to AC.3 now expected for the November 2020 session.

155. AC.3 adopted the revision of the authorization to develop a new UN GTR on DEVP (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/124) and requested the secretariat to issue it as Revision 1 to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/AC.3/53.

156. He also informed the session about other activities of IWG on EVE on in-vehicle battery durability, with IWG on EVE expecting to present a proposal to GRPE in January 2020. At GRPE in May 2019, IWG on EVE noted that a UN GTR on in-vehicle battery durability for EVs could be developed, incorporating the concepts of battery life modelling, deterioration factors and in-service conformity checks. This approach was further confirmed during IWG on EVE meeting in October 2019 in Brussels. He stated IWG on EVE was continuing to refine these views to coordinate a proposal.

157. He finally explained that the ECE secretariat had led interactions with other bodies within the ECE framework on developing a method of stating energy consumption. He provided an update at the thirty-second meeting of IWG on EVE that the Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency (GEEE) had outlined a pilot project in their work plan that considers joint activities between IWG on EVE and GEEE. He highlighted the pilot project could look at EV recharging parameters and upstream emissions. He indicated that GEEE was interested to have support from IWG on EVE for developing this work, particularly with quantifying emissions data for the recharging of EVs.