Final draft version of the WLTP global technical regulation for review and eventual approval at the Working Party on Pollution and Energy special session set for 14 November 2013.

Request to continue development, through a second phase following adoption of the current draft GTR, of the light vehicle emissions and fuel consumption test cycle in order to improve certain technical aspects in the current cycle.

Letter raising concerns regarding misinterpretation of the definition of a hybrid electric vehicle and resultant misapplication of approval requirements.

EC proposal to address misinterpretations among type approval authorities and manufacturers that “extreme range extenders” (e.g. serial hybrid + small gasoline tank volume + range extender only used after battery is exhausted, + …) can be type-approved as pure electric vehicles.

Report and draft text for the implementation of GTR No. 15 (WLTP) in EU law (via EU Regulation No 692/2008).

Explanatory presentation on EU plans for the integration of the new light vehicle emissions global technical regulation into EU law.

This note outlines the next steps of WLTP IWG for the development of EV regulations, as supported by the European Commission, and indicates some areas of possible collaboration with the Electric Vehicles and the Environment IWG.

European Commission presentation reviewing the issues involved with transposing GTR 15 into EU emissions and fuel consumption regulations and into UN R83 and UN R101. The EC proposes that WP.29 should transpose GTR 15 into a new “WLTP UN Regulation” that would supersede UN R83 and UN R101.

Outline the next steps of WLTP informal working group for the development of electrified vehicle regulations, as supported by the European Commission, and suggestion of possible areas for collaboration with the informal working group on Electric Vehicles and the Environment (EVE).

October 2013 draft version of the GTR with comments and amendments prepared by Iddo Riemersma on behalf the European Commission.

Discussion paper concerning the transposition of GTR 15 into a UN Regulation. The paper raises two possible routes: 1) a UN Regulation identical to EU legislation but that would not be not applied (in its entirety as a distinct rule) outside the EU; 2) a “hierarchical” UN Regulation that combines all elements of all emissions thresholds at their most stringent level with lower levels of approval corresponding to regional/national requirements. The EC proposes option 2 as this would allow for a global rule where Contracting Parties could certify systems to standards outside their markets (e.g., Japan could issue approvals to EU standards and vice versa) under the UN Regulation.

Proposal for a mandate to develop provisions under GTR No. 15 to check the level of specific pollutant emissions of vehicles corresponding to conditions encountered during the winter season.

1) Bag measurements vs continuous diluted sampling and 2) Calibration gases and mixtures

Draft proposal for a mandate to develop two different types of tests:

a) In-service-conformity (ISC) testing to be done by the manufacturer and the authority responsible for issuing the emission type approval and intended to assess the durability of emission control systems over a certain period of use.

b) Verification testing typically to be done by an independent third party, i.e. an authority not involved in the initial type approval process, NGOs or the manufacturers’ peers, in order to check the integrity of the initial approval test itself and to ensure that the use of (partially inevitable) test flexibilities by the manufacturer is limited.

Goals and objectives for the task force established to draft provisions for GTR No. 15 to ensure that pollutant emissions do not exceed emission limits throughout the lifetime of the vehicle.

Report of the WLTP Transposition Task Force

European Commission report on the effort to transpose the GTR on light vehicle emissions into UN type approval regulations, including handling of current UN Regulations on emissions (notably, UN R83 and UN R101) and process for implementing the WLTP requirements.

Discussion document considering approaches for the transposition of GTR No. 15 into a type-approval regulation appropriate for EU application.

EC input on options for test vehicle selection and Type 4 test (evaporative emissions).

Final report.

Includes a short summary of the “informal document” for an optional annex on low temperature.

The update provides a summary of the key updates to GTR15 which are proposed for Amendment 6. These cover the following topics:
updates to existing GTR15 requirements and new Optional Annexes for Type 5 test (durability), Type 6 test (low temperature) and Conformity of Production. There is a proposed new annex for OBD.

Proposal with EC and Japan input.

Proposal to correct errors and clarify provisions based on requirements introduced in the Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15.

Proposal to correct errors and clarify provisions based on requirements introduced in the Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15.