WP.29/2017/143
Request for authorization to develop Phase 2 of the UN GTR on Electric Vehicle Safety
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Date
29 Aug 2017
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Formal WP.29 review
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Proposal for the second phase development of the GTR on electric vehicle safety, including

  1. Water immersion test
  2. Long duration fire resistance test;
  3. Rechargeable Electrical Energy Storage System (REESS) rotation tests
  4. REESS vibration profile
  5. Flammability, toxicity and corrosiveness of vented gas (i.e. quantification of venting for tests addressing safety of REESS post-crash, potential risk of “toxic gases” from non-aqueous electrolyte)
  6. Thermal propagation and methods of initiation in battery system
  7. Post-crash REESS safety assessment and stabilization procedures
  8. Light electric vehicles (e.g. categories L6 and L7, low speed vehicles)
  9. Protection during Alternating Current and Direct Current charging and feeding process
  10. Overcurrent requirements plus tests (component based).
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WP.29 | Session 173 | 14-17 Nov 2017

142. The representative of the United States of America, Chair of the IWG on EVS and of GRSP, informed AC.3 that the group had last met in September 2017, to plan work without discontinuation of Phase 2 of the UN GTR to address the long-term research issues. Thus, he introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2017/143 prepared by the representatives of China, Japan, United States of America and the European Union to request authorization to start Phase 2 of the UN GTR.

143. AC.3 adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2017/143 and requested the secretariat to prepare the corresponding AC.3 document.

GRSP | Session 62 | 12-15 Dec 2017

11. The Chair of GRSP, on behalf of the Chair of the IWG, informed GRSP that the representative of the United States of America was preparing for the vote on the draft UN GTR on vehicle safety scheduled for the March 2018 session of AC.3. He clarified that the IWG discussed the matter of wireless charging batteries and agreed to resume discussion on this matter at its next meeting. GRSP noted that the authorization to develop the Phase 2 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2017/143) was endorsed by AC.3 at its November 2017 session. Thus, GRSP learned that the IWG was ready to continue the work, even prior to the establishment of the UN GTR Phase 1 in the Global Registry of the 1998 Agreement.

12. Finally, GRSP agreed to resume discussion at its May 2018 on the work progress of the IWG.

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