Mr. Michael Olechiw, Chair of the informal working group, welcomed participants to the meeting. The meeting was well attended, with over 40 participants from contracting parties, other WP.29 working groups, and industry organizations. In addition to Mr. Olechiw, Ms. Marchington (acting Secretary), Mr. Narusawa (Co-Chair), and Ms. Chunmei (Co-Chair, participated by phone) were present at the meeting.

Mr. Olechiw outlined the objective for the 13th EVE meeting, which was to continue work on Part A of the new EVE mandate. Building on the concepts for future work on topic areas outlined during the 12th EVE IWG meeting, lead parties/organizations were to present detailed strategies for work in each area (proposal for work, timeline, and a request for participation).

The agenda for the meeting (EVE-13-02e) was reviewed and accepted by all participants.

Life-cycle analysis for EV energy consumption.

Method of stating energy consumption (EVE-13-03e)
Mr. Cui Wangjun (China) presented EVE-13-03, which outlines a 3-step work plan and timing for this topic: 1) Literatures review: Study on the EV energy consumption evaluation method executed by main countries; 2) Data collection: Build database and conduct comparative analysis on the energy structure for main countries in the world; 3) Method Development: Discusses the necessity and possibility to standardize the energy consumption method. Discussion focused on aspects of the proposed life cycle assessment and whether or not this would include manufacturing of the vehicle; it was explained that manufacturing would not be included, but fuel would be. China also clarified that CO2 equivalents (not just CO2 emissions) would be considered in the analysis. Also, currently China will lead the work, but additional participation of other parties will be encouraged in the future. China requested any interested countries to engage in this work by contributing data to build the database.

ACTION 4: All interested parties are encouraged to contribute data to build the database proposed by China by reaching out directly to Ms. Chen Chunmei (chencm@miit.gov.cn).

Battery performance and Durability (EVE-13-04e)
Mr. Olechiw (USA) presented EVE-13-04e, which outlines the proposed work for this topic: the development of a literature review on EV battery durability. Specifically, the review will focus on the existing definitions of EV battery durability, factors affecting EV battery durability, and existing test programs or methodologies for evaluating EV battery durability. The literature review will be used by the EVE group to inform the decision of Global Technical Regulation (GTR) development in Part B of the EV working group’s mandate. All interested parties were invited to participate and/or contribute to the literature review; Mr. Olechiw indicated sources of funding were being investigated by USA and Canada, but that funding would happily be accepted from other sources. Discussion focused on appropriate definitions of battery durability, vehicle-level performance, and GTR development.

ACTION 5: All interested parties wishing to participate and/or contribute to the literature review proposed by USA and Canada by reaching out directly to Mr. Olechiw (olechiw.michael@epa.gov) and Ms. Marchington (Erin.Marchington@ec.gc.ca).

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).

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).

Speaking to agenda item 2, Ms. Marchington also reviewed the action items from the EVE-13 meeting (EVE-13-07e). Most of the 11 action items are ongoing, with the exception of EVE-13 Action 1, 7, 9 (a, 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), 10 and 11. The ongoing action items are re-named below:

ACTION 1 (EVE-13 Action 2, ongoing): Concerning future work under Topic 2, the EVE group will consider the development of a technical report that could be added into the SR1 and/or RE3 documents and discuss further at the next EVE meeting.

ACTION 2 (EVE-13 Action 3, ongoing): The EVE group will continue discussion with the WLTP IWG and European Commission about potential areas for collaboration in EV work.

ACTION 3 (EVE-13 Action 4, ongoing): All interested parties are encouraged to contribute data to build the database proposed by China by reaching out directly to Ms. Chen Chunmei (chencm@miit.gov.cn).

ACTION 4 (EVE-13 Action 5, ongoing): All interested parties wishing to participate and/or contribute to the literature review proposed by USA and Canada by reaching out directly to Mr. Olechiw (olechiw.michael@epa.gov) and Ms. Marchington (Erin.Marchington@ec.gc.ca).

ACTION 5 (EVE-13 Action 6, ongoing): 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 6 (EVE-13 Action 8, ongoing): Any interested parties and/or stakeholders wishing to speak to the issue of battery recyclability at future EVE meetings should inform the EVE Secretary ahead of the meeting so they can be added to the agenda.

ACTION 7 (EVE-13 Action 9, ongoing): The EVE group will continue to discuss the location and timing of the EVE-16 meeting and confirm the details during the EVE-15 meeting.