Determining power of EVs (EVE-13-05e)
Mr. Hans Holdik (Germany) presented EVE-13-05e, which outlines the proposed work for this topic: the development of a new regulation or recommendation on determination of powertrain performance of hybrid EVs. Mr. Holdik informed the EVE group that there was a clear demand from the WLTP IWG for this work and that the initial focus would be on light duty vehicles (M1, N1). The presentation detailed a number of open questions that would be discussed and clarified in Part A and presented a draft roadmap for the work. Discussion focused on pervious work of the HDH IWG, whether or not fuel cell vehicles were being considered (no), and whether or not the work would consider EVs as well as conventional vehicles (unclear). The EVE Secretary noted to the group that the timeline on Slide 6 would need to be adjusted to reflect the timeline presented in the Roadmap for Part A (EVE-13-06e).

ACTION 6: All interested parties wishing to participate in this work by Germany and Korea should reach out directly to Mr. Holdik (Hans.Holdik@bmvi.bund.de) and Mr. Dongseok Choi (dsechoi@naver.com).

ACTION 7: Germany and Korea will adjust the timeline on Slide 6 to reflect the timeline presented in the Roadmap for Part A (EVE-13-06e).

Mr. Olechiw introduced document EVE-13-06e, which details a roadmap for Part A of the new EVE mandate. He explained to the group that the roadmap was drafted using information from the new EVE mandate document (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2014/88 as amended by WP.29-164-15) and that it will be adjusted to include the work plans presented during agenda item 5. The future EVE meetings planned for Part A of the roadmap were also discussed. The EVE-14 meeting was proposed to be either a face-to-face meeting in Ottawa or a video-conference meeting; there was no preference expressed by the group, so the EVE leadership will continue to discuss these options. The EVE group was requested to avoid the first two weeks of April for the EVE-14 meeting, due to the Easter holiday and a WLTP IWG meeting. Also, the fall EVE-16 meeting could also be a face-to-face meeting and is tentatively scheduled to be hosted by China; confirmation of this meeting location and date will be completed at the next EVE meeting. Concerning the informal GRPE discussion on the workplan and requests for GTR development, the GRPE Secretariat confirmed that informal approval by GRPE (scheduled for June 2016) was sufficient.

ACTION 9: The EVE leadership will determine the location (Ottawa or video-conference) and date of the EVE-14 meeting and communicate this to the EVE group by early February 2015.

ACTION 9: The EVE group will continue to discuss the location and timing of the EVE-16 meeting and confirm the details during the EVE-14 meeting.

ACTION 10: The EVE Secretary will adjust the roadmap (EVE-13-06e) to include the workplans presented during agenda item 5.

ACTION 11: The EVE Secretary will revise and post the draft agenda and related documents for the EVE-14 meeting on the UNECE EVE website.

Ms. Marchington did not present document EVE-14-06e in detail due to limited time, however the group was informed that the EVE-15 meeting would take place on June 8, 9:30am -12:30pm in Geneva alongside the June 2015 GRPE session. The EVE-16 meeting will occur in Ottawa during the month of October, 2015 and the precise date of the meeting will be communicated to the EVE IWG during the EVE-15 meeting (Action 7).