GRSP-56-22
Information on Japanese National activities regarding Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorcycles

Japan is developing national legislation to prescribe requirements for the body, hydrogen storage containers and their specific components, batteries etc. of hydrogen fuel-cell powered motorcycles.

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Excerpts from session reports
GRSP | Session 57 | 18-22 May 2015

35. GRSP resumed discussion on GRSP-56-22, GRSP-56-29 and GRSP-56-34. The expert from Japan informed GRSP on the legislation plan in his country allowing the introduction of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorcycles (GRSP-56-22). The expert from the United States of America informed GRSP that her government was still developing an NPRM on Phase 1 of UN GTR No. 13 (Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles). She agreed with the expert from EC to plan future activities on Phase 2 of the UN GTR at the December 2015 session of GRSP. The expert from CI introduced the outcome of rating tests (GRSP-56-29) conducted by Euro New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) on heavy quadri-cycles. He added that their low quality of safety performance, compared to conventional passenger cars (M1 vehicles) and their growing popularity indicated a road safety issue. However, the expert from France stated that these kind of vehicles needed driver license in his country and that their presence in the European market was still low; moreover, new requirements for such vehicles were recently adopted in the European Union. The expert from the United States of America informed GRSP that in her country such vehicles had also a growing popularity and tests rating were in progress. She announced sharing data at the December 2015 session of GRSP. Finally, the expert from Korea introduced the result of KoreaNCAP (GRSP-56-34) conducted in 2014.

GRSP | Session 56 | 9-12 Dec 2014

41. GRSP agreed to defer discussion on this subject to its May 2015 session, due the lack of time and to keep GRSP-56-22, GRSP-56-29 and GRSP-56-34 as a reference in the agenda of the next session.