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.

Explanation of the steps taken to transpose the provisions of GTR No. 14 into a type-approval UN Regulation on pole side-impact protection, including discussion of the scope, impact side, treatment of hydrogen vehicles, and proposal for a 01 series of amendments that would entail a 26 km/h impact speed for narrow vehicles initially before the amendments would bring narrow vehicles into line with other vehicles at 32 km/h.

Comparison of language in the hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle safety GTR and the proposed electric vehicle safety GTR.