GLOBAL REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS ON ELECTRIC CARS TO BE DRAFTED BY INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES
November 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LEADING powers of the automotive industry worldwide have agreed to attempt forging common technical standards for the still evolving electric car sector. An agreement struck today (Thursday) in Geneva, Switzerland, will see the United States working with the European Union (EU) and Japan within two working parties: their goal is to write a formal global technical regulation (or regulations) on electric cars by 2014 and debate informal standardization. The formal rules would be agreed under the United Nations World Forum for Harmonization of ...
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