| Automotive Life Cycle Assessment | Automotive Life Cycle Assessment | The Automotive Life Cycle Assessment (A-LCA) initiative aims to develop an internationally harmonised procedure to determine the carbon footprint of automotive products from production to use and disposal. Automotive Life Cycle Assessment Automotive Life Cycle Assessment WP.29 Regulatory Project Automotive Life Cycle Assessment | Program | ||
| UN Regulation on Brake Emissions | UN Regulation on Brake Emissions | Brake emissions UN Regulation on Brake Emissions WP.29 Regulatory Project Brake emissions | Program | ||
| Fuel Quality | Fuel Quality | Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles: Annex 4-Recommendation on market fuel quality This program resulted in the addition of Annex 4 to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles. Fuel Quality Fuel Quality WP.29 Regulatory Project Fuel Quality | Program | ||
| Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Battery Durability | Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Battery Durability | The GTR on battery durability of heavy-duty electric vehicles is expected for June 2026. HD EV Battery Durability Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Battery Durability WP.29 Regulatory Project HD EV Battery Durability | Program | ||
| Heavy-duty Vehicle Brake Particle Emissions Measurement | Heavy-duty Vehicle Brake Particle Emissions Measurement | Program to develop a heavy-duty vehicle version of GTR 24 on measurement of brake particle emissions. Heavy vehicle brake emissions Heavy-duty Vehicle Brake Particle Emissions Measurement WP.29 Regulatory Project Heavy vehicle brake emissions | Program | ||
| Heavy-Duty Hybrid Vehicle Emissions | Heavy-Duty Hybrid Vehicle Emissions | This project, as currently envisioned, would result in an amendment to Global Technical Regulation 4: Worldwide Harmonized Heavy-Duty Emissions Certification Procedure (WHDC). This effort aims to establish an amendment to Global Technical Regulation (gtr) No. 4 (WHDC) with respect to pollutant and CO2 emissions from heavy duty hybrids. The initial focus is on a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HILS) approach, which starts from the vehicle speed pattern of the WHVC vehicle cycle and simulates powertrain and vehicle components to result in a hybrid specific engine cycle for pollutant emissions and CO2 testing and measurement, and which allows using the test cell environment, data evaluation procedures and emissions calculations specified in gtr No. 4. This effort may lead to a second phase to establish a chassis dyno test procedure, as an alternative to HILS, which would involve specifying new requirements with respect to test cell environment, data evaluation procedures and emissions calculations. The informal group developing this regulatory language expects to finalize its work in March 2013 for GRPE review the following June (setting the stage for possible WP.29 adoption in November 2013 or March 2014). Heavy-duty Hybrids (HDH) Heavy-Duty Hybrid Vehicle Emissions WP.29 Regulatory Project Heavy-duty Hybrids (HDH) | Program | ||
| Light Vehicle On-Board Diagnostic Systems | Light Vehicle On-Board Diagnostic Systems | Proposal to transpose UN R83 and Japanese OBD requirements into a new Global Technical Regulation updated to use the WLTP test cycle (WLTC). Light Vehicle OBD Light Vehicle On-Board Diagnostic Systems WP.29 Regulatory Project Light Vehicle OBD | Program | ||
| Mobile Air-Conditioning Test Procedure | Mobile Air-Conditioning Test Procedure | Not applicable. Presently, the intention is to integrate the results of this project into UNECE R101 and Annex 4 on UNECE R83. <p>The EU is developing a Mobile Air-Conditioning test procedure (MACTP) to measure MAC energy efficiency and its impact on vehicle emissions for implementation "as soon as possible". Consequently, the Forum has established an informal group to address this effort.</p> <p>The MACTP informal group mission includes:<br> - To collaborate with the EC in the development of the procedures;<br> - To ensure that other signatories to the 1958 Agreement are aware of and can contribute to the EU work; and<br> - To ensure exchange of information with 1998 Agreement signatories, such as India, China, and in particular, the US.<br></p> <p>Once the EU completes its draft test procedure, the MACTP group would pursue its integration into UNECE R101 and Annex 4 of UNECE R83. MACTP Mobile Air-Conditioning Test Procedure WP.29 Regulatory Project MACTP | Program | ||
| Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems | Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems | This project aims to amend existing UN Regulations. <p>WP.29, under the Electic Safety Informal Group of the GRSP, endorsed this effort to ensure the safety of rechargeable energy storage systems (REESS) using in electric drive vehicles. The scope includes normal operation and post-crash behavior.</p> <p>The intention is to finalize language for introduction into existing UNECE regulations by March 2012.</p> REESS Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems WP.29 Regulatory Project REESS | Program | ||
| Review of Regulations for Applicability to ADS Vehicles | Review of Regulations for Applicability to ADS Vehicles | WP.29 has requested its subsidiary working parties (GR) to review current regulations for issues that may arise in their application to vehicles equipped with Automated Driving Systems. This topic covers the activities across the working parties. Regulation Screening for ADS Review of Regulations for Applicability to ADS Vehicles WP.29 Regulatory Project Regulation Screening for ADS | Program | ||
| Tyre abrasion test method development | Tyre abrasion test method development | Initiative directed towards a New UN Regulation on microplastics from tyres, including: method for rating tyres based on their abrasion performance; enabling the quantification of microplastic emissions from tyres; investigating correlation between abrasion rate and durability of tyres. Tyre abrasion Tyre abrasion test method development WP.29 Regulatory Project Tyre abrasion | Program | ||
| Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Device Durability | Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Device Durability | GTR program under WLTP to develop global test procedures to assess the durability of anti-pollution devices of vehicles equipped with positive ignition or compression-ignition engines. WLTP Durability Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Device Durability WP.29 Regulatory Project WLTP Durability | Program |