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Jun 2024

Draft EU Regulations on the Carbon Footprint of Electric Vehicle Batteries Published

Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries, which was published in July 2023, introduced a requirement for battery manufacturers to declare the carbon footprint of certain categories of battery that they produce, and electric vehicle batteries are one of those categories. To allow for the implementation of this requirement, on April 30, 2024, the European Commission published two draft Regulations relating to the carbon footprint of electric vehicle batteries.

May 2024

New UN ECE Regulation on Driver Control Assistance Systems (DCAS) Adopted

At the 192nd session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE) World Forum for the Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29), a new UN ECE Regulation on Driver Control Assistance Systems (DCAS) was adopted.

May 2024

Upcoming UN ECE Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA) Meeting

In a break with the norm for United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE) GR meetings, part of the upcoming session of the Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA) will take place at a venue other than Geneva in Switzerland.