1. Submitted by the Chair of the WLTP Informal Group Informal document No. GRPE-68-15 (68th GRPE, Jan. 2014, agenda item 3(a)) Status report of the WLTP Informal Group Report to GRPE No. 68 by Stephan Redmann

2. WLTP IG Meetings June 2008 – Jan. 20101st – 4th WLTP IG meeting 2010 – 2013 WLTP IG was inactive 8th January 20145th WLTP IG meeting  Start of WLTP Phase 1B

3. Status of WLTP Phase 1 67th GRPE: Working document GRPE/2013/13 amended by (11/2013)Informal document GRPE-67-04-Rev.1  WLTP Phase 1A 162th WP.29: 1) Adoption of Phase 1A gtr documents (03/2014) 2) Technical reports 3) Mandate for WLTP Phase 1B

4. WLTP Phase 1b Roadmap WP.29 GRPE WLTP 2014 2015 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fix organization, responsibilities and time schedule Phase2 ToR 56789 10 gtr informal document Round Robin 167 168 169 717370726968 gtr formal document Slight modification 11 12 13 Phase2 14

5. WLTP Phase 1b Organization (WLTP-05-03) WLTP Informal Group Chair : Redmann Vice Chair : KOBAYASHI Co-TSs : ICHIKAWA / Kolesa Drafting Coord.: Dubuc E-Lab. Sub-group Co-Chairs : Ohlund / NIIKUNI Co-TS : ICHIKAWA / Hartmann Task Forces IG designates responsible CPs/Individual expert for each open task.

6. Open issues list: WLTP-05-04 Key issues:Subgroup EV Utility Factors, phase specific calculation formula, shortened test procedure Cycle / Process Downscaling, gearshifting, number of tests Road & Dyno Load Determination Windtunnel method, torque meter method, on-board anemometry, default running resistances General Normalization procedures, Ambient temp. correction test Validations/ Round Robin exercise Open issues Phase 1B

7. Parallel activities of the European Union in 2014: Normalization procedures (WLTP-05-13) Correction algorithms for variations in the WLTP testing 1) Chassis dynamometer test (vehicle state, test execution, meas. Equipm.) 2) Road load determination (coast-down test: ambient conditions, vehicle state, test execution, test circuit) Draft report on 21 methods: end January 2014, discussions on EU implementation in 2014 Interest of CPs to harmonize these procedures (partly) in Phase 1B?  Feedback requested until 14th February 2014.

8. Ambient Temperature Correction Test (WLTP-05-14) Method already discussed and drafted in Phase 1A Validation of family concept is on-going, participation of CPs welcomed Utility Factors (EV vehicles) Current gtr: regional UFs. EU develops revised UFs to improve representativeness, including the methodology to develop UF.

9. Next meetings  Preparatory Telephone/Web Conference, 2 weeks in advance of each IG meeting  6 th WLTP IG Meeting, Vienna, Austria 3 day meeting, end March / beginning April 2014 (date tbc)  7 th WLTP IG Meeting, Geneva June 2014, preceding GRPE (date tbc)