The US, EU, and Japan have co-sponsored a proposal to develop harmonized safety and environmental standards for electric vehicles. This document proposes objectives for a working group to pursue the environmental aspects under the auspices of the Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE).

MS Word download: Working draft of the proposal that would be submitted to incorporate provisions for Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems into UN Regulation 100. This version based upon document GRSP-50-06.

MS Word download: Revised working draft of the proposal that would be submitted to incorporate requirements for Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems into UN R100.

Draft text for the proposed amendment intended to incorporate provisions for Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems (REESS)into the UN Regulation 100.

Diagram and tables for use in Annex 8C of the proposed amendment to introduce provisions for Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems (REESS) into UN Regulation 100.

Draft text for Annex 4B (“Isolation Resistance Measurement Method for Component-based Tests of REESS”) of the proposed amendment to add provisions for Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems to UN Regulation 100.

Draft provisions concerning protections against overcurrent, overcharge, and overdischarge.

Proposal of the “German Working Group” for section 6.3.4.2 on testing for the mechanical integrity of Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems under proposed amendments to UN Regulation 100.

Correction to the original document clarifying its origin as the joint “German/French Working Group”.

Updated and expanded proposal of the “German/French Working Group” for section 6.3.4.2 on testing for the mechanical integrity of Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems under proposed amendments to UN Regulation 100.

Comments concerning definitions and fire test procedures.

MS Word download: Comments of Japan (represented by JASIC) on the working draft of the REESS amendments to UN Regulation 100.

MS Word download: JASIC comments on the draft text for Annex 4B (Isolation Resistance Measurement Method) of the REESS amendments to UN Regulation 100.

Japanese presentation proposing to focus work on the definition of the scope or range of rechargeable energy storage systems to be addressed in the proposed amendments to UN R100 given that several types of REESS exist.

Five slides illustrating the structure of the mechanical integrity test for rechargeable energy storage systems.

Text proposing to revise the provisions for testing for hydrogen emissions in the draft regulation on rechargeable energy storage systems.

Notification that the Government of Japan began applying the Global Technical Regulation on Pedestrian Safety (GTR No. 9) through the application of Amendment 1 to the GTR on 1 June 2011.

Revised and corrected JASIC presentation on cost-benefit scenarios for introduction of the FlexPLI test tool based upon Japanese and US accident data.

Revised presentation on biofidelity aspects of the FlexPLI test tool to correct minor errors.

Revised presentation on injury criteria for the FlexPLI test tool correcting minor errors.

Agenda for an initial meeting to organize the informal group that will pursue development of the Flex-PLI lower legform impactor and its use within the GTR on Pedestrian Safety, and consequently, the companion UN Regulation on Pedestrian Safety pending adoption by the Forum.

Revised agenda for the organizational meeting of the informal group on phase 2 development of GTR 9 on pedestrian safety, centered on development and deployment of the Flex-PLI lower legform impactor.

Minutes from the 3 November 2011 meeting to organize the informal group pursuing the second-phase development of the GTR on Pedestrian Safety, including development of the Flex-PLI lower legform impactor.

Statement of the scope, goals, objectives and procedures of the GTR 9-Phase 2 informal group as agreed during the 3 November 2011 meeting of the group.

Revisions proposed by OICA to the scope, objectives, and work plan of the informal group to further develop GTR No. 9.

Presentation on the background and rationale behind development of a new lower legform impactor.

Revised background rationale and history of the effort to develop a new lower legform impactor, following November 2011 organizational meeting of the related informal group on GTR 9-Phase 2.

Presentation on the development of the Flexible Pedestrian Lower Legform Impactor (Flex-PLI).

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Chart of the documents considered by the Technical Evaluation Group (TEG) on the Flexible Pedestrian Lower Legform Impactor (Flex-PLI) during 2005-2010.

Agenda for the first session of the group working on the Flex-PLI legform impactor and related revisions to the GTR on pedestrian safety. (Note that there was an earlier organizational session for this group in November 2011).

Draft report from the experts meeting to organize an informal group for the second phase development of the GTR on pedestrian safety, and especially the Flex-PLI legform impactor.

Presentation concerning durability of the pedestrian lower legform tool under consideration for the GTR on pedestrian safety.

Presentation concerning the biofidelity of the current TRL legform and the Flex-PLI lower legform impactor under consideration for the GTR on pedestrian safety.

Presentation concerning injury criteria thresholds for the Flex-PLI legform impactor under consideration for the GTR on pedestrian safety.

Presentation on the plans for the task force assigned to review certification corridors for the Flex-PLI (Flex-GTR version) test tool envisioned for Phase 2 development of the GTR on pedestrian safety.

Draft report from the first session of the informal group working on the further development of the GTR on pedestrian safety.

Agenda for a meeting of the informal group developing the second phase revisions to the GTR on pedestrian safety, including development of the Flex-PLI lower legform test tool.

Overview of the status of the Flex-PLI lower legform test tool development and production pursuant to the development of the GTR on pedestrian safety.

Updated overview of the status of the Flex-PLI lower legform test tool development and production pursuant to the development of the GTR on pedestrian safety.

Corrected version of the running changes made to the Flexible Pedestrian Lower Legform Impactor under development within the second phase development of the GTR on pedestrian safety.

Scatter chart of pedestrian safety GTR pendulum test results, dated 9 November 2010.

Presentation on NHTSA evaluations of the Flexible Pedestrian Lower Legform Impactor (Flex-PLI) as compared against the TRL impactor.

Activity summary and background information from the informal working group developing the flexible pedestrian lower legform impactor (Flex-PLI) to enhance the global technical regulation on pedestrian safety.

Correction to the standard administrative footnote on the document title page.

Proposal developed through the GTR7-Phase 2 informal group (BioRID II) to add a new section to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles for “test devices” that would provide a cross-index of test tools referenced in UN Regulations and addenda to cover their specifications and use.

Review of the work behind the proposal to clarify GTR 9, in particular concerning the definition of the headform testing/contact area for measurement purposes.

Proposal to correct text for electric vehicles in UN Regulation Nos. 12, 94, 95 and 100. The protection from direct contact with live parts concerns occupants and not the powertrain. The proposal replaces the word “power train” with “occupants” in the referenced rules.

Submission aimed at introducing provisions to permit the effective upper belt anchorages of M2 and M3 vehicles to be adjusted below the current minimum height specified in paragraph 5.4.3.6, when subject to certain additional requirements.

Submmission aimed at resolving errors in the current text of the UN Regulation concerning the anchorage angles (α1 and α2) and the seating reference point (R-point).

Proposal aimed at preventing unintentional disengagement of ISOFIX child restraint systems from their anchor points.

Submission aimed at preventing different interpretations of the phrase “positively guide the lap strap” during the dynamic test.

Proposal to include vehicles equipped with automatically activated door locking systems into the test procedure of UN Regulation No. 94.

Proposal to include vehicles equipped with automatically activated door locking systems in the test procedure for UN Regulation No. 95.

Proposal to add L category vehicles (e.g., motorcycles and mopeds) to the scope of UN R100 on battery electric vehicle safety.

Submitted by the Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems (REESS) informal group, a 66-page proposal to incorporate such storage systems into the UN Regulation on battery electric vehicle safety.

Proposed text of a UN Global Technical Regulation (UN GTR) on safety of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

Report on the development of Amendment 1 to UN GTR No. 1 prepared to incorporate changes developed during the rulemaking process of the United States of America, in the transposition to UN Regulation No. 11, and then further agreed by Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) delegates.

Text adopted by the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) at its fiftieth session to align the text of the global technical regulation No. 1 with the latest changes introduced during the rule making procedure which transposed the GTR No. 1 into the final rule of the United Stated of America.

Proposal for a modification of the bumper test area for the ‘lower and upper legform to bumper’ tests.

Information concerning the durability of the Flex-GTR SN02 prototype pursuant to tests conducted at BASt.

BASt presentation on comparsion tests between channel frequency classes CFC 180 and CFC 600 for different test setups in order to understand whether the application of different filter classes could have an influence on the FlexPLI test results.

Remarks and questions from OICA concerning the technical specifications (drawings) and procedures for the assembly, disassembly and inspection (user manual) of the Flex-PLI proposed for use in GTR 9.

Presentation on the anticipated benefits from use of the Flex-PLI test tool in GTR 9. This improves upon the earlier submission (document GTR9-1-07-Rev1).

Status of work on Flex-PLI prototypes based on actions from the previous informal group meeting.

Review of the Flex-PLI version 2.0 as approved and released by the consortium responsible for the FLEX-PLI in LS-DYNA, PAM-CRASH, RADIOSS and ABAQUS code.

Presentation on automaker experience in running tests with the Flex-PLI test tool (versions SN02, SN04, IND-Impactor).

First progress report of the informal group developing the Flex-PLI legform impactor test tool for use in the GTR on pedestrian safety.

Text adopted by the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) at its fiftieth session to cover the risk of ejection of vehicle occupants in the scope of the UN Regulation and to correct the transitional provisions.

Text adopted by the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) at its fiftieth session to align UN Regulation No. 14 with the provisions of draft Regulation on Child Restraint Systems (CRS).

Text adopted by the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) at its fiftieth session to align the provisions of UN Regulation No. 16 with those of the new draft UN Regulation on Child Restraint Systems (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2012/53).

Text adopted by the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) at its fiftieth session to update provisions of UN Regulation No. 44.

Proposal to replace current UN R44 weight limitation for child seats with stature parameters in new CRS provisions.

Britax/Römer CAD investigation of child seat stature limitations and investigation into seat installation with children.

EU perspectives on the outlook and prospects for adoption and integration of the new child restraint systels regulation into EU law.

EU comments on the implications of replacing UN R44 with a new regulation (i.e., with a new number) on the transposition of the new child restraint systems regulation into EU law.

Presentation of alternative approach to the current version of i-Size child seat X-definition.

Superimposed photos of rear-seat positioning of Hybrid III 5th and Hybrid III 95th dummies in 10 vehicles taken during UTAC study.

Report from the Pole Side Impact GTR informal group session held in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Monash University Injury Research Institute Accident Research Centre crash data analysis.

Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BaST) presentation of German In-Depth data analysis (GIDAS).

Paired comparisons of 29 km/h perpendicular and 32 km/h oblique pole side impact tests with WorldSID 50th percentile adult male ATDs.

OICA cost assessments based on studies from EEVC and NHTSA.

Presentation on Japanese investigations and crash testing concerning very light vehicles (kei-cars) performance in pole side impacts.

Worldwide accident injury and fatality data pertinent to pole side impact protection as compiled by OICA.

OICA proposal for exemption of Category 2 vehicles from the pole side impact GTR.

Presentation on the effect of various impact alignment tolerances on test results.

Agenda for the 14th session of the informal group on frontal impact protection. Note that the meeting is scheduled for September 7, not June 7 as shown on the document.

Overview of the goals for the proposed overhaul of the regulation on frontal impact occupant protection (UN R94).

Draft progress report for presentation to the Working Party on Passive Safety for review and approval by the Informal Group on Frontal Impact Protection.

Frontal Impact informal group review draft of the new terms of reference (scope, duration, etc.) for the informal working group in order to reorient its work to focus on the overhaul of UN R94.

Formal text adopted by the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) at its fiftieth session proposing a new UN Regulation on Child Restraint Systems.

Proposal for establishing two informal working groups addressing the safety and environmental requirements for electric vehicles to enhance regulatory cooperation including developing global technical regulations in the framework of the 1998 Agreement.

Working draft (from the 20 Dec 2011 meeting of the EC Working Group on Motorcycles (MCWG)) of the EU regulation on vehicle functional safety requirements (RVSFR) for the approval of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles under discussion between the European Commission and interested parties.

EC submission intended to raise awareness of certain concerns over clarity and implications of proposed amendments related to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures and to ensure full support among Contracting Parties.

GRSP/2012/11 proposes to correct text for electric vehicles in UN Regulation Nos. 12, 94, 95 and 100, replacing the word “power train” with “occupants” in the referenced rules. This document replaces ‘registration’ with ‘approval’ in transition provisions in accordance with WP.29 guidelines.

Proposal to delete erroneous cross-references in text, making reference only the “adjusting system” which is defined in section 2 of the Regulation.

Proposal to increase the strap sensitivity to a range of up to 3.0g to allow the
installation of belt systems less likely to lock up when pulling out the strap while buckling up.

The requirements for the airbag warning label were recently amended by Supplement 4 to the 01 series of amendments and by Supplement 1 to the 02 series of amendments to Regulation 94. It therefore appears necessary to align the corresponding prescriptions of Regulation 16.

PowerPoint table concerning door locking status under the test procedures of UN R94.

Document GRSP/2012/7 proposes adapt the test procedures of UN R94 to take into account vehicles equipped with automatically activated door locking systems. This OICA proposal would allow for ‘mixed configuration’ of both locked and unlocked doors during testing.

Document GRSP/2012/9 proposes to adapt the test procedure for UN Regulation No. 95 to include vehicles equipped with automatically activated door locking systems. This proposal would allow for “mixed configurations” of locked and unlocked doors in the test procedures.

PowerPoint slide concerning door lock status under UN R95 testing procedures.

GRSP/2012/10 is the proposal to incorporate such rechargeable energy storage systems (REESS) into the UN Regulation on battery electric vehicle safety. This document from the REESS informal group proposes further editorial clarifications and corrections.

Link to regulations.gov page where you can download the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers’ supplementary comments on the FMVSS 305 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Docket NHTSA 2007 28517, referenced in document GRSP-51-05. This link is provided as a courtesy of GAR and is not a WP.29 submission.

Fully revised version of the proposal to introduce provisions for rechargeable energy storage systems (REESS) into UN R100 (e.g., document GRSP/2012/10), edited for better readability.

GRSP/2012/12 is the proposed text of the new UN GTR on safety of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. This proposal from OICA would retain the “barriers alternative” for post-crash electrical safety (in effect removing brackets that signify tentative language from the relevant text).

Presentation on NHTSA’s proposal to enhance the FMVSS 210 test procedure for seat-belt anchorages through the use of an improved pair of “force-application devices” (FAD).

Document GRSP/2012/5 proposes amendments to UN R44 to prevent the unintentional disengagement of ISOFIX child restraint systems. This submission from Japan proposes additional provisions for CRS configurations where the main seat body can be disengaged from the ISOFIX chassis.

Working draft of the proposed GTR on pole side-impact protection (PSI), presented to the Working Party on Passive Safety to solicit comments and input to the PSI informal group.

Presentation by NHTSA’s Office of the Chief (Legal) Counsel explaining the requirements of the US rulemaking process, especially in relation to the prospects for transposing a GTR into an FMVSS.

NHTSA Office of Applied Vehicle Safety Research-Crashworthiness Division presentation on research into Li-ion battery safety issues and remedies.

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

Draft scope, objectives, and rules of procedure for the EVS working group as submitted for the May 2012 session of the Working Party on Passive Safety.

Report of the technical evaluation group working on harmonization of the BioRID rear impact dummy in relation to enhancements to GTR 7 on head restraints.

Presentation concerning work on vehicle headrest height provisions in the GTR 7 test procedures, especially considering taller occupants.

Presentation on Netherlands conclusions concering optimal head restraint height specifications.

Submission by the secretary of the informal group on the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Safety to correct editorial errors in and improve the clarity of the draft GTR.

Presentation on the Institute for Energy and Transport of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and its involvement with electric vehicle-related research and development.

German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development review of the work undertaken on ‘rechargeable energy storage systems’ (REESS) towards enhancing UN Regulation 100 on battery electric vehicles.

Overview of the CATARC Electric Vehicle Standardization Subcommittee, current status of electric vehicle regulations, and work on electric vehicle crash test standards in China.

Presentation on electric vehicle activities of Changan Automotive, one of China’s largest vehicle builders.

Presentation on the history and trends in the development of the Japanese electric vehicle market and accompanying safety regulations.

Review of Korean electric vehicle safety research and regulatory activities.

OICA perspectives on the proposed electric vehicle safety global technical regulation.

Overview of Ford’s electric vehicle activities, in particular as related to safety.

General Motors presentation reviewing GM’s alternative propulsion strategy, battery and electric vehicle testing, standards and harmonization, and GM recommendations for the global technical regulation.

VW perspectives on the harmonization of electric vehicle safety standards.

List of future actions resulting from the first Electric Vehicle Safety working group session.

Draft minutes from the first Electric Vehicle Safety informal working group session as submitted to the 51st session of the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP)

Update on the development of a draft proposal to amend the UN GTR No. 9 – Phase 2 on pedestrian safety by introducing the flexible pedestrian legform impactor (FlexPLI) as a single harmonized test tool in order to enhance the level of of protection for lower legs of pedestrians.

Revision, integrating Netherlands and OICA input, of the EC submission intended to raise awareness of concerns over clarity and implications of proposed amendments related to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures and to ensure full support among Contracting Parties.

Revised EC submission (from document GRSP-51-10) intended to raise awareness of certain concerns over clarity and implications of proposed amendments related to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures and to ensure full support among Contracting Parties.

Helmets equipped with unapproved integrated sunscreens that modify luminous transmittance and replacement helmet visors that do not meet the luminous transmittance criteria of UN R22 have appeared on the market. France intends to submit a proposal to define sunscreens and permit tinted visors.

Proposal from Russia to delete the phrase “with separate driver’s cab” from the scope of UN R29 in order to affirm that the regulation applies to all N1 and N2 category vehicles.

Submission from France to introduce provisions that would prevent unintentional disengagement of ISOFIX child restraint systems from their anchor points.

Pursuant to the Forum project to clarify definitions and avoid conflicting use of acronyms, France has submitted this list of acronyms and abbreviations used in UN R44 on child restraint systems.

Progress report to the Working Party on Passive Safety on the development of amendments to enhance UN R94 on frontal impact protection.

Document GRSP/2012/7 proposes adapt the test procedures of UN R94 to take into account vehicles equipped with automatically activated door locking systems. This OICA proposal, revised pursuant to GRSP-51 input, would allow for ‘mixed configuration’ of both locked and unlocked doors during testing.

Corrected draft minutes from the first Electric Vehicle Safety informal working group session as submitted to the 51st session of the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP).

Corrected draft scope, objectives, and rules of procedure for the EVS working group as submitted for the May 2012 session of the Working Party on Passive Safety.

Updated revised EC submission (from document GRSP-51-10) intended to raise awareness of certain concerns over clarity and implications of proposed amendments related to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures and to ensure full support among Contracting Parties.

Updated proposal from the Netherlands to prevent different interpretations of the phrase “positively guide the lap strap” during the dynamic test.

Proposal from France to prevent users or other vehicle occupants from unintentionally disengaging ISOFIX child restraint systems from their anchor points.

Japanese proposal to add an additional corridor and specifications for the aceleration-type sled procedure used in Japan per the testing using acceleration and deceleration-type sleds.

Updated submission by the secretary of the informal group on the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Safety to correct editorial errors in and improve the clarity of the draft GTR

Downloadable Powerpoint presentation on the status of the new draft regulation.

JASIC presentation, including embedded video clip, on the results of the comparison of CRS side-impact tests using an acceleration-type sled and a deceleration-type sled. (Non-video version available at: http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2012/wp29grsp/GRSP-51-38e.pdf.)

Proposed language to amend the draft new regulation on child restraint systems per the recommendations resulting from Japanese tests using acceleration-type sled procedures.

Draft for a special resolution concerning test tools and devices necessary for the assessment of compliance under UN Regulations and GTR. This resolution would be the repository for current information on the specifications of dummies and other tools referred to in the regulations.

Agenda of the organizing session of the group charged with validating certification corridors developed for the new Flex-GTR lower legform test tool to be introduced in Phase 2 amendments to GTR 9.

Proposed scope, objectives, rules and procedures for the Task Force for the Review and Update of the Certification Corridors (TF-RUCC) developed for the new Flex-GTR lower legform test tool to be introducted through phase 2 amendments to GTR 9 on Pedestrian Safety.

Agenda for the first regular session of the RUCC Task Force (following the kickoff session held in November 2011).

Review of the development of Flex-GTR corridors during the previous phases of development of the pedestrian safety GTR (through the Technical Evaluation Group (TEG)).

Updated version of the historical review of the development of the certification corridors for the Flex-GTR test tool developed for the phase 2 amendments to GTR 9 on pedestrian safety.

Adopted minutes from the first technical session of the task force evaluating the certification corridors for the Flex-GTR test tool developed for the GTR on pedestrian safety.