Presentation by NHTSA’s Office of the Chief (Legal) Counsel explaining the requirements of the US rulemaking process, especially in relation to the prospects for transposing a GTR into an FMVSS.

NHTSA Office of Applied Vehicle Safety Research-Crashworthiness Division presentation on research into Li-ion battery safety issues and remedies.

EU legal framework for approval of motor vehicles and objectives for provisions particular to electric vehicles.

Presentation on the Institute for Energy and Transport of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and its involvement with electric vehicle-related research and development.

German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development review of the work undertaken on ‘rechargeable energy storage systems’ (REESS) towards enhancing UN Regulation 100 on battery electric vehicles.

Overview of the CATARC Electric Vehicle Standardization Subcommittee, current status of electric vehicle regulations, and work on electric vehicle crash test standards in China.

Presentation on electric vehicle activities of Changan Automotive, one of China’s largest vehicle builders.

Presentation on the history and trends in the development of the Japanese electric vehicle market and accompanying safety regulations.

Review of Korean electric vehicle safety research and regulatory activities.

OICA perspectives on the proposed electric vehicle safety global technical regulation.

Overview of Ford’s electric vehicle activities, in particular as related to safety.

General Motors presentation reviewing GM’s alternative propulsion strategy, battery and electric vehicle testing, standards and harmonization, and GM recommendations for the global technical regulation.

VW perspectives on the harmonization of electric vehicle safety standards.

List of future actions resulting from the first Electric Vehicle Safety working group session.

Draft scope, objectives, and rules of procedure for the EVS working group as submitted for the May 2012 session of the Working Party on Passive Safety.

Draft minutes from the first Electric Vehicle Safety informal working group session as submitted to the 51st session of the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP)