Overview of the European Commission’s program for an overarching regulatory framework for motorcycle, moped, and similar vehicle emissions, fuel consumption, and electric performance policies.

Suggestion by the European Commission to develop several global technical regulations concerning specific environmental aspects of electrified vehicles falling outside the scope of the WLTP (Worldwide Light vehicle Test Procedure for emissions and fuel efficiency) test cycle. These new GTR would complement the WLTP work by addressing adjacent issues such as battery durability or charging performance. The idea is to allow for these complementary rules to be referenced within the WLTP or other GTR but also to enable their use as stand-alone rules regardless of whether a nation applies WLTP.

The European Commission proposes to amend the draft EVE mandate in order to avoid overlap in the scope of work with other informal working groups addressing electric vehicle environmental issues. In addition, the EC proposes to extend the mandate duration given its understanding of the complexity, tasks and decision processes involved in meeting its objectives.

EC proposal to delete work on vehicle range and energy consumption testing and a method of stating energy consumption from the scope of the EVE group mandate (since these subjects are being pursued by other GRPE informal groups) and to extend the mandate duration.

Presentation on result from the Green eMotion (GeM) project.

Evaluation of alternative statistical procedures for the evaluation of in-service conformity emissions tests under the real-driving emissions (RDE) regulation.

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The document outlines work priorities for UN GTR 21, 22, and 25 amendments. UN R21 Phase 4 will address fuel-cell electric vehicles, measurement alternatives for integrated systems, test method efficiency, and alignment with UN R177. UN R22 Phase 4 will explore conditioning cycles, readiness monitors, certified range performance requirements, and alignment with UN R154-04 and UN R83-09. UN R25 Phase 3 will consider Annex 2 amendments, virtual distance verification, minimum performance requirement thresholds by vehicle category, and alternative test methods.

UN GTR No. 21 Phase 4 will consider fuel-cell electric vehicles, measurement alternatives for highly integrated systems, modifications for more efficient test methods, and alignment with UN Regulation No. 177 based on inputs EVE-87-08e, EVE-87-09e, EVE-87-11e, EVE-88-12, EVE-85-06e, and EVE-74-10e. UN GTR No. 22 Phase 4 will explore conditioning cycles and readiness monitors for official testing, investigate minimum performance requirements for certified range, and consider establishing minimum performance requirement values for additional lifetime of ten years and 200,000 km, drawing on input EVE-96-06e. UN GTR No. 25 Phase 3 will amend Annex 2 provisions, verify reported virtual distance, reconsider minimum performance requirements regarding mileage and lifetime thresholds, and consider energy throughput as a threshold.

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