The Agenda for the meeting (EVE-06-02-Rev2e) was reviewed. Upon request from China, an additional agenda item (3) was added to discuss logistics for the upcoming EVE-07 meeting in Beijing. The revised and final Agenda for the meeting is document EVE-06-02-Rev3e.

Project schedule envisioning completion and WP.29 approval of a global Reference Guide on electric vehicle environmental regulations by November 2014.

The Secretary reviewed document EVE-05-15e covering Agenda item 2 with a focus on action items. The Secretary detailed which action items were completed or ongoing, including:

EVE-5 Action 1, ongoing: The Secretary continues to invite participants to present on standardization at the EVE IWG meetings.

EVE-5 Action 2, ongoing: The Secretary continues to coordinate input to the VPSD document from EVE IWG membership.

EVE-5 Action 3, completed: Participants were invited to submit any further comments to the Reference Guide Outline to the Secretary prior to the EVE-6 meeting.

EVE-5 Action 4, completed: Mr. Michael Olechiw provided further clarification on utility factors for California in response to a question by Mr. Kazuyuki Narusawa.

EVE-5 Action 5, completed: The Secretary invited the chairs of other IWGs to participate in a discussion on priorities for EVE at the EVE-6 meeting.

EVE-5 Action 6, ongoing: Mr. Stéphane Couroux continues to inquire on available EV test data in Canada.

EVE-5 Action 7, completed: The leadership committee discussed what information will be made available as part of the Reference Guide; participants were informed that questionnaire information submitted by contracting parties will not be made available.

EVE-5 Action 8, completed: The Secretary modified document EVE-04-06e (EVE IWG roadmap) to include deadlines for submitting draft and final versions of the Reference Guide to EVE IWG, GRPE and WP.29. The revised roadmap is EVE-06-03e.

EVE-5 Action 9, ongoing: Funding is secured by the US EPA to hire a consultant to support continued development of Reference Guide; the contracting process was nearly complete at the time of the EVE-6 meeting. Once a consultant is secured, drafting of the reference guide will begin.

EVE-5 Action 10, completed: The Secretary sought participation of volunteers to develop draft Reference Guide; OICA has planned to review the first draft. There were no other volunteers.

EVE-5 Action 11, completed: The Secretary posted and sent the EVE-6 agenda to EVE participants ahead of the meeting. The Secretary arranged for a conference call line at the EVE-6 meeting.

EVE-5 Action 12, completed: Ms. Chen Chunmei gave an overview of the EVE-7 meeting location and date during EVE-6 agenda item 3.

EVE-5 Action 13, completed: Participants were informed of the EVE-7 meeting date at
the EVE-6 meeting during agenda item 3.

ACTION 1: Mr. Michael Olechiw will provide updates on the contracting process to secure a consultant for Reference Guide drafting as needed.

c. Review EVE IWG roadmap, Next Steps

Using document EVE-06-03e, Revised EVE Roadmap – May 2013, the Secretary went over the key dates and deadlines. The first draft of the Reference Guide will be reviewed by the EVE IWG at the EVE-7 meeting in Beijing, China (October 17 – 18, 2013), a revised second draft of the Guide will be submitted to the GRPE for first review at the January 2014 session and approval at the GRPE session in June 2014, with the goal of submitting the Guide in August 2014 for WP.29 approval at the November 2014 session. A comment was noted by OICA that the date in item 3.8 needs to be changed from October 2012 to October 2013; the date in item 4.0 also needs to be adjusted to January 2014.

ACTION 9: The Secretary will revise and post the revised version of document EVE-06-03e.

4. The Secretary reviewed document EVE-06-10e covering Agenda item 2 with a focus on action items. 4. The Secretary indicated that a number of action items were on-going from EVE-05, including continued invitation to present on standardization (new EVE-07 Action 1), coordination of input to VPSD IWG definition document (new EVE-07 Action 2) and sharing of EV data by Canada (new EVE-07 Action 3). The Secretary also provided and update on action items from EVE-06 as follows:

• EVE-06 Action 1, on-going: The Secretary provided a brief update on the contracting process to secure a consultant for Reference Guide drafting during this agenda item. It is expected that Mr. Michael Olechiw will provide further details during EVE-08 meeting (new EVE-07 Action 4).
• EVE-06 Actions 2 and 3, completed: Ms. Chunmei Chen, in collaboration with the Secretary, shared all necessary information for the successful proceeding of EVE-07 in Beijing, China.
• EVE-06 Action 4, completed: Ms. Chunmei Chen presented an update on EVE IWG activities at the 160th WP.29 session. The Secretary confirmed that the EVE Terms of Reference were approved during the 160th WP.29 session.
• EVE-06 Action 5, on-going: The Secretary requested additional information from Mr. Wiaux concerning cold temperature data for inclusion in Reference Guide analysis, but has yet received any data. The Secretary will follow up with Mr. Wiaux and share information once it is available (New EVE-07 Action 5).
• EVE-06 Action 6, completed: The Secretary specifically sought input from the WLTP IWG to identify which issues will be addressed by the WLTP GTR in phase 2 through circulation for comments of documents EVE-06-04e (EVE IWG Prioritization Discussion Points) EVE-07-03e (EV Reference Guide, Draft 1). There were no input from WLTP IWG, but further discussions are expected during Agenda Items 5, 7, 8 and 9.
• EVE-07 Action 7, completed: No additional EV data and/or literature to support the development of the Reference Guide conclusions and recommendations was submitted. Further discussions are expected during Agenda Items 5, 7, 8 and 9.
• EVE-07 Action 8, completed: The Secretary integrated performance-related charging issues into priority issues 1 and 2 for drafting of the reference guide.
• EVE-7 Action 9, completed: The Secretary revised and posted the revised version of the road map EVE-06-03-Rev1e.
• EVE-07 Action 10, completed: The Secretary revised and posted the revised version of EVE-07 agenda EVE-07-02-Rev.1e

20. The Secretary presented roadmap document EVE-06-03-Rev1, reminding participants of the timelines for completion of the Reference Guide. As a result of the above discussions, and considering the comments submitted by the GRPE Chair, it was agreed to develop a timeline of next steps to ensure the successful delivery of an informal document for discussion at the GRPE session in January 2014 as per the roadmap. These timelines are presented in document EVE-07-15 and summarized in the below action items. In addition, it was also agreed to contact the GRPE Chair directly to seek guidance on obtaining final input from WLTP IWG on EV Reference Guide.

ACTION 6: Secretariat will update Section 5 to reflect comments and circulate to EVE membership for review by October 31st.

ACTION 7: In parallel to Action 6, contracting parties will provide further input to Section 3 to Secretariat by October 31st.

ACTION 8: Contracting parties will review and submit comments to Section 5 to Secretariat one week after it is distributed as per item 1) above (~November 7).

ACTION 9: Secretariat will develop new draft of report and circulate to EVE membership one week after receiving comments on Section 5 (~November 14).

ACTION 10: The eve Chair will seek guidance from GRPE Chair on obtaining input from WLTP IWG on the EV Reference Guide and particularly on the recommendation included in Section 5.

Two EV information-sharing presentations were made during the EVE-6 meeting that overlapped with priority areas of interest identified by the group in Reference Guide development (EVE-06-04e).

First, Denis Naberezhnykh (Senior ITS Consultant, Sustainable Mobility Group, TRL, United Kingdom) presented on the impact of inductive charging of electric buses on the distribution network (EVE-06-06e). The presentation was well received and some follow-up questions were posed concerning practicality of plug-in charging, wireless charging during motion, and types of bus routes.

Second, Jean-Pol Wiaux (Director General, Recharge, The European Association for Advanced Rechargeable Batteries, Belgium) presented on Service Life Parameters of lithium ion batteries (EVE-06-05e). This presentation was also well received with a few follow-up questions concerning the impact of temperature of storage on range, costs, and battery chemistries.

ACTION 5: The Secretary will follow-up with Mr. Wiaux concerning cold temperature data for inclusion in Reference Guide analysis.

Two EV information-sharing presentations were made during the EVE-6 meeting that overlapped with priority areas of interest identified by the group in Reference Guide development (EVE-06-04e).

First, Denis Naberezhnykh (Senior ITS Consultant, Sustainable Mobility Group, TRL, United Kingdom) presented on the impact of inductive charging of electric buses on the distribution network (EVE-06-06e). The presentation was well received and some follow-up questions were posed concerning practicality of plug-in charging, wireless charging during motion, and types of bus routes.

Second, Jean-Pol Wiaux (Director General, Recharge, The European Association for Advanced Rechargeable Batteries, Belgium) presented on Service Life Parameters of lithium ion batteries (EVE-06-05e). This presentation was also well received with a few follow-up questions concerning the impact of temperature of storage on range, costs, and battery chemistries.

ACTION 5: The Secretary will follow-up with Mr. Wiaux concerning cold temperature data for inclusion in Reference Guide analysis.

b. Discussion: Analysis of guide information in the context of conclusions and recommendations to the GRPE

Using document EVE-06-04e, EVE IWG Prioritization Discussion Points, the Chair informed participants that the intent of the document was to prioritize issues identified during the Reference Guide questionnaire completion phase that could be suitable for focusing the conclusions and recommended areas for future work in the Guide; such conclusions and recommendations could include the development of a gtr. Priority areas may also be used to identify where future EV testing and data gathering efforts could be focused.

The Chair sequentially went through each issue identified in the document, asking participants to provide comments and indicate if they do not agree with the inclusion any of the issues in the priority list. EV energy efficiency and range (issue 1) and EV battery performance and durability (issue 2) were noted to be higher priority items than regulatory incentives, regulatory standards and EV charging (issues 3 – 5). Participants were requested to submit any relevant EV data and/or literature to support the development of Guide conclusions and recommendations.

Concerning issue 1.a., Cabin heating, the group was asked if anyone could confirm that this issue would be covered in the WLTP gtr phase 2; as no confirmation was given, the Secretary agreed to follow-up with the WLTP IWG.

Concerning issue 1.b., Air Conditioning, It was noted by the Mobile Air Conditioning IWG Chair that EVs are not included in their proposal. Andrew Oneski (Canada) clarified that Zeolite is a thermal storage chemical that can be used to improve efficiency. There were no comments concerning issue 1.c. and d. With respect to issue 1.e., road gradient, the Chair asked the group whether EV test cycles and procedures are reflective of regenerative energy captured over the tests. No answer or comments were made.

During discussion of issue 1.f., energy equivalency conversion methods, it was suggested by China to consider adding energy consumption limits. The Chair noted that this was more of a regional issue, and that to set an energy consumption threshold would be outside of the EVE IWG mandate. A representative from Ford and Christoph Albus (Germany) supported the EVE Chair in his view and do not support limit value discussions.

Concerning issue 2), there were no comments or discussion on a) battery durability effect on range and b) potential battery durability effect on kWh/km. For issue 2c) battery performance effect on emissions, there was some discussion about certification of electric-only range by EV manufacturers.

There was limited discussion on regulatory incentives and regulatory standards (issues 3 and 4). There was brief discussion as to whether EV charging (issue 5) should be moved up in the priority list as it is linked to vehicle performance. Christoph Albus (Germany) clarified that charging is not under the WP.29 mandate, but the effects of charging on vehicle performance do need to be considered; the Secretary noted performance-related charging issues would be integrated into issues 1 and 2.

A clarification was made by the Chair in response to a question from OICA about the origin of the issues in the document; the issues were derived from the attributes outlined in the questionnaire submitted to contracting parties for completion (EVE-05-03e).

As a result of this discussion the document EVE-06-04e, EVE IWG Prioritization Discussion Points, was accepted in principle by the EVE IWG.

ACTION 6: The Secretary will follow-up with the WLTP IWG to identify which issues in document EVE-06-04e, EVE IWG Prioritization Discussion Points, will be addressed by the WLTP gtr in phase 2.

ACTION 7: All EVE participants were requested to submit as soon as possible any relevant EV data and/or literature to support the development of the Reference Guide conclusions and recommendations. The Secretary will include this request in the EVE-7 meeting invitation.

ACTION 8: The Secretary will integrate performance-related charging issues into priority issues 1 and 2 for drafting of the reference guide.

Two EV information-sharing presentations were made during the EVE-6 meeting that overlapped with priority areas of interest identified by the group in Reference Guide development (EVE-06-04e).

First, Denis Naberezhnykh (Senior ITS Consultant, Sustainable Mobility Group, TRL, United Kingdom) presented on the impact of inductive charging of electric buses on the distribution network (EVE-06-06e). The presentation was well received and some follow-up questions were posed concerning practicality of plug-in charging, wireless charging during motion, and types of bus routes.

Second, Jean-Pol Wiaux (Director General, Recharge, The European Association for Advanced Rechargeable Batteries, Belgium) presented on Service Life Parameters of lithium ion batteries (EVE-06-05e). This presentation was also well received with a few follow-up questions concerning the impact of temperature of storage on range, costs, and battery chemistries.

ACTION 5: The Secretary will follow-up with Mr. Wiaux concerning cold temperature data for inclusion in Reference Guide analysis.

Two EV information-sharing presentations were made during the EVE-6 meeting that overlapped with priority areas of interest identified by the group in Reference Guide development (EVE-06-04e).

First, Denis Naberezhnykh (Senior ITS Consultant, Sustainable Mobility Group, TRL, United Kingdom) presented on the impact of inductive charging of electric buses on the distribution network (EVE-06-06e). The presentation was well received and some follow-up questions were posed concerning practicality of plug-in charging, wireless charging during motion, and types of bus routes.

Second, Jean-Pol Wiaux (Director General, Recharge, The European Association for Advanced Rechargeable Batteries, Belgium) presented on Service Life Parameters of lithium ion batteries (EVE-06-05e). This presentation was also well received with a few follow-up questions concerning the impact of temperature of storage on range, costs, and battery chemistries.

ACTION 5: The Secretary will follow-up with Mr. Wiaux concerning cold temperature data for inclusion in Reference Guide analysis.

The Chair presented the draft EVE-07 meeting agenda (EVE-06-07e). There were no changes or comments to the proposed agenda.

ACTION 10: The Secretary will finalize and post the agenda ahead of the EVE-07 meeting.

Information for the EVE session scheduled for 17-18 October 2013.

4. The Secretary reviewed document EVE-06-10e covering Agenda item 2 with a focus on action items. 4. The Secretary indicated that a number of action items were on-going from EVE-05, including continued invitation to present on standardization (new EVE-07 Action 1), coordination of input to VPSD IWG definition document (new EVE-07 Action 2) and sharing of EV data by Canada (new EVE-07 Action 3). The Secretary also provided and update on action items from EVE-06 as follows:

• EVE-06 Action 1, on-going: The Secretary provided a brief update on the contracting process to secure a consultant for Reference Guide drafting during this agenda item. It is expected that Mr. Michael Olechiw will provide further details during EVE-08 meeting (new EVE-07 Action 4).
• EVE-06 Actions 2 and 3, completed: Ms. Chunmei Chen, in collaboration with the Secretary, shared all necessary information for the successful proceeding of EVE-07 in Beijing, China.
• EVE-06 Action 4, completed: Ms. Chunmei Chen presented an update on EVE IWG activities at the 160th WP.29 session. The Secretary confirmed that the EVE Terms of Reference were approved during the 160th WP.29 session.
• EVE-06 Action 5, on-going: The Secretary requested additional information from Mr. Wiaux concerning cold temperature data for inclusion in Reference Guide analysis, but has yet received any data. The Secretary will follow up with Mr. Wiaux and share information once it is available (New EVE-07 Action 5).
• EVE-06 Action 6, completed: The Secretary specifically sought input from the WLTP IWG to identify which issues will be addressed by the WLTP GTR in phase 2 through circulation for comments of documents EVE-06-04e (EVE IWG Prioritization Discussion Points) EVE-07-03e (EV Reference Guide, Draft 1). There were no input from WLTP IWG, but further discussions are expected during Agenda Items 5, 7, 8 and 9.
• EVE-07 Action 7, completed: No additional EV data and/or literature to support the development of the Reference Guide conclusions and recommendations was submitted. Further discussions are expected during Agenda Items 5, 7, 8 and 9.
• EVE-07 Action 8, completed: The Secretary integrated performance-related charging issues into priority issues 1 and 2 for drafting of the reference guide.
• EVE-7 Action 9, completed: The Secretary revised and posted the revised version of the road map EVE-06-03-Rev1e.
• EVE-07 Action 10, completed: The Secretary revised and posted the revised version of EVE-07 agenda EVE-07-02-Rev.1e