EU TAKES MAJOR STEP FORWARD TOWARDS HARMONIZING ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNICAL RULES
June 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally proposed that the European Union (EU) adopts the global technical standard for electric vehicles - as agreed in 1997 by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Assuming the EU Council of Ministers and European Parliament agree, then EU countries will have the same rules for manufacturing electric cars - preventing national rules impeding the sale of cars from different member states. And given that Japan and South Korea also use the UNECE's international vehicle regulations for their own ...
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