National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
17 Feb 2014 EVS Task Force Group Organization (NHTSA) EVE-09-09 2014-02-17 Presentation on the organization of work projects under the program to develop global technical regulations on electric vehicle safety (Electric Vehicle Safety informal working group). NHTSA
1 Apr 2014 Directions to the 5th EVS informal working group session (NHTSA) EVS-05-01 2014-04-01 Directions to the US Department of Transportation headquarters in Washington, DC. NHTSA
15 May 2014 Lithium-ion based Rechargeable Energy Storage System: Real-World Incident Review (NHTSA) EVS-05-10 2014-05-15 Status report on investigations into various electric vehicle fires, including Flyer and Orion buses, Chevrolet Volt, Fisker Karma, and Tesla Model S. NHTSA
16 May 2014 Status Update on NHTSA’s Lithium-ion based Rechargeable Energy Storage System Safety Research Programs (NHTSA) EVS-05-11 2014-05-16 NHTSA
18 Nov 2014 Status Update on NHTSA’s Lithium-ion based RESS Safety Research Programs (NHTSA) EVS-06-21 2014-11-18 NHTSA
3 Oct 2014 GTR 7 BioRID Injury Criteria Update (NHTSA) GTR7-15-03 2014-10-03 NHTSA
7 Oct 2014 Technical Evaluation of the Flexible Pedestrian Leg Impactor (Flex-PLI) (NHTSA) NHTSA-2008-0145 2014-10-07 Results of NHTSA assessment of the Flex-PLI concluding that the impactor offers a suitable tool for evaluating risks of leg injuries to pedestrians and represents an improvement over the current leg form test tool. NHTSA
1 Oct 2014 NHTSA-OSU: Preliminary PMHS Injury Risk Curves & Potential Injury Criteria in Rear Impact (NHTSA and OSU-IBRL) WCWID-01-06 2014-10-01 Extensive (90 slide) presentation on the evaluation of ATD results (BioRID II, RID3D, Hybrid III) compared with results from testing conducted on cadavers towards the development of injury criteria under GTR 7. NHTSA OSU-IBRL