Includes review of NHTSA EV safety investigations and research activities.

Proposal to change Class 1 upper speed from 100 km/h to 90 km/h to better align with Phase reduced max limits and to change the specification for Sub-Class 2-1 to Engine Capacity <150cm^3 and 90 km/h-115 km/h.

Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 5 – Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; FMVSS No. 108 Lamps, Reflective devices and Associated Equipment.

147. The item was submitted for consideration and vote, and re-affirmed in the Compendium on 11 November 2020 by Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, and the United States of America. The European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Tunisia abstained from voting. The request (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/133) submitted would be appended to the listed technical regulation.

Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 6 – Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; FMVSS No. 135 Passenger Car Braking Systems.

148. Listing Number 6 was submitted for consideration and vote, and re-affirmed in the Compendium on 11 November 2020 by Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, and the United States of America. The European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Tunisia abstained from voting. The request (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/134) submitted would be appended to the listed technical regulation.

Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 7 – Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; FMVSS No. 139 New Pneumatic Radial Tires for Light Vehicles.

149. Listing Number 7 was submitted for consideration and vote, and re-affirmed in the Compendium on 11 November 2020 by Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, and the United States of America. The European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Tunisia abstained from voting. The request (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/135) submitted would be appended to the listed technical regulation.

Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 9 – Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; FMVSS No. 213 Child Restraint Systems and FMVSS No. 225 Child Restraint Anchorage Systems.

150. Listing Number 9 was submitted for consideration and vote, and re-affirmed in the Compendium on 11 November 2020 by Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, and the United States of America. The European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Tunisia abstained from voting. The request (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/136) submitted would be appended to the listed technical regulation.

Request to maintain in the Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 1 – Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standard and Highway Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control; Requirements; Final Rule.

144. Listing Number 1 was submitted for consideration and vote, and re-affirmed in the Compendium on 11 November 2020 by Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, and the United States of America. The European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Tunisia abstained from voting. The request (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/89) submitted would be appended to the listed technical regulation.

Request to maintain in the Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 2 – Tier 2 Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards and Gasoline Sulfur Control Requirements; Final Rule.

145. The item was submitted for consideration and vote, and re-affirmed in the Compendium on 11 November 2020 by Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, and the United States of America. The European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Tunisia abstained from voting. The request (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/90) submitted would be appended to the listed technical regulation.

Request to maintain in the Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 3 – Control of Emissions of Air Pollution from Non-road Diesel Engines and Fuel; Final Rule.

146. The item was submitted for consideration and vote, and re-affirmed in the Compendium on 11 November 2020 by Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, and the United States of America. The European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Tunisia abstained from voting. The request (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/91) submitted would be appended to the listed technical regulation.

WP29 to consider the request from USA for authorisation to develop a UN GTR on the Determination of Electrified Vehicle Power (DEVP)

59. The Chair of IWG on EVE presented the status report introducing the latest activities of the group (GRPE-80-36). He highlighted the major progress made on battery durability during the last meeting of the IWG on EVE. He requested GRPE to consider GRPE-80-41 as draft request for authorization to develop a new UN GTR on in-vehicle battery durability, as amended in Annex X.

60. The representative from OICA noted that the timeline in GRPE-80-41 had changed to deliver a first draft of the new UN GTR on in-vehicle battery durability and sought further information. The Chair of the IWG on EVE clarified a more aggressive timeline was agreed within the IWG on EVE taking into account the urgency of the issue and also bearing in mind that the topic is new and most provisions would need to start from a blank sheet as there is no precedent and no national legislation on this topic. The representative from OICA confirmed that developing new methods for simplified in-service conformity of battery durability might be challenging. The Chair of the IWG on EVE suggested existing range determination approaches might be used as a proxy for battery deterioration.

61. GRPE adopted the proposal to request authorization for a new UN GTR on in-vehicle battery durability and requested the secretariat to submit Annex X to WP.29 and AC.3 for consideration and vote at their June 2020 sessions as draft request for authorization to develop a new UN GTR on in-vehicle battery durability.

62. The Chair of the IWG on EVE finally thanked the secretariat for organizing a meeting with the leadership team of the Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency (GEEE) and the representatives of the Geneva region to initiate joint activities on the method to state energy consumption of EVs.

63. GRPE acknowledged the progress made by IWG on EVE and noted the request for a meeting room for one day during the GRPE week in June 2020.

28. The representative of the United States of America presented WP.29-179-25 proposing the correction of a printing error in the Framework Document on Automated Vehicles. WP.29 requested the secretariat to prepare Revision 2 to the framework document.

28. The representative of the United States of America reminded GRSP about the framework document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/34/Rev.2, endorsed by the World Forum, on priority topics for automated and connected vehicles. He reiterated that crashworthiness remained relevant and that the framework document would be implemented by related topics stemming from the activities of GRSP. The expert from Germany also reiterated the need of developing a document showing passive safety priority topics. GRSP agreed to resume discussion on this subject based on a proposal to be developed by the expert from Germany with the experts from OICA and other concerned parties.

22. The secretariat presented, for information, WP.29-181-05, reflecting the advancement evaluation of the activities listed in the Framework Document on Automated/autonomous Vehicles (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/34/Rev.2).

28. The representative of the United States of America presented WP.29-179-25 proposing the correction of a printing error in the Framework Document on Automated Vehicles. WP.29 requested the secretariat to prepare Revision 2 to the framework document.

25. The representative of Japan introduced, on behalf of China, European Union, Japan and the United States of America, WP.29-178-10/Rev.2 containing amendments to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/34 – Framework Document on Automated/autonomous Vehicles. He explained that the amendments included editorial amendments as well as a restructured Table 1 containing details on (i) current activities, (ii) expected future activities and (iii) references to the key safety principles mentioned in the document.

26. The representative of the Republic of Korea introduced WP.29-178-19, proposing additional amendments to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/34. The representative of Sweden proposed to insert into Table 1 considerations related to para. 4 (j) regarding vehicle inspection. The representative of CITA supported the position of the representative of Sweden.

27. WP.29 adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/34 as amended by WP.29-178-10/Rev.2 and requested the secretariat to issue it as a reference document with the symbol ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/34/Rev.1.

151. The Chair of AC.3 introduced the documents that were considered under this agenda item. AC.3 considered ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/31/Rev.1, aimed at providing an updated overview of the priorities of the Programme of Work of the development of UN GTRs or amendments to the existing ones taking into account the decisions on document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/2 from the 177th WP.29 session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1145, para. 49). AC.3 referred to the discussions on WP.29-178-10/Rev.2, WP.29-178-19, WP.29-178-16/Rev.1, WP.29-178-17/Rev.2 and WP.29-178-18/Rev.1 under agenda item 2.3. Please note that document WP.29-178-17/Rev.2 does not exist. The amended document WP.29-178-17/Rev.1 was reproduced in Annex VI of the session report.

NHTSA suggestion to propose the introduction of updated UN R30 provisions into GTR 16 as a separate initiative in order to avoid delays in agreement on Amendment 2.

11. AC.2 reviewed and discussed documents WP.29-177-04 and WP.29-177-08. Following discussions among GR Chairs, Japan offered to merge them into a single framework document on automated/autonomous vehicles to be transmitted to WP.29 for discussion (WP.29-177-19).

27. The representative of the United States of America introduced WP.29-177-08 referring to the work priorities on vehicle automation in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/2 and proposing principles relevant for the performance assessment of automated vehicles.

156. The Chair of AC.3 introduced the documents that were considered under this agenda item. AC.3 considered ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/31, aimed at providing an updated overview of the priorities of the Programme of Work of the development of UN GTRs or amendments to the existing ones. AC.3 referred to the discussions on document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/2 under agenda item 2.3.

157. The Chair of AC.3 proposed that agenda item 17 could be divided into two items: 17.1 on the conventional priority topics in the programme of work of the 1998 Agreement, and 17.2. on priority topics in the programme of work of the 1998 Agreement concerning automated and connected vehicles for consideration.

158. Discussion was inconclusive, and the Chair of AC.3 proposed to prepare and submit an informal document to the fifty-sixth session detailing the proposed changes to the agenda. AC.3 accepted this proposal and deferred continuation of discussions on the matter to the subsequent AC.3 session in June 2019.

178. The representative of Canada stated that the group had developed a first draft of the GTR on Determination of Electrified Vehicle Power and had conducted the first round of validation testing. He explained that the IWG on EVE identified some discrepancies between the results from the two test procedures that determine system power and that it would discuss solutions to address those discrepancies at its meeting in April 2019, when it would also determine the extent of time required for moving forward. He noted that the IWG on EVE planned to discuss the potential need for an extension at the upcoming GRPE meeting in May 2019.

180. The representative of the European Union supported the development of specifications for the terms of reference on the power determination of hybrids, which, he stated, would result in a minor delay to the submission of the UN GTR. In terms of battery durability, he stated that the European Union would continue to support the objective of establishing a UN GTR, which should also be viewed in the context of the European Union’s work on the post-Euro 6 and Eco-design as these aims necessitate the establishment of technical requirements.

181. AC.3 adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/33, the request for authorization to develop a new UN GTR on Determination of Electrified Vehicle Power.