These new market developments have been taken on board at UNECE level through the deployment of the global initiative on electric vehicles involving the co-operation of two informal working groups on environmental and safety aspects18 with the aim of seeking regulatory convergence on a global scale via the framework of the 1998 Agreement. The key objective is the development, by the end of 2014, of a global technical regulation aiming at worldwide harmonisation for the testing and safety requirements of electric vehicles, including batteries…

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