The UN World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations is expected to adopt many of the safety rules for hybrid and electric vehicles currently used in Japan, according to a report in The Nikkei.
In an effort to create a global safety standard for hybrid and electric vehicles, Japan has been pushing its domestic safety rules to be adopted as international standards and now the UN is expected to agree to the proposals during a meeting in March. As Japanese companies have been among the pioneers in the green car sector, it is seen as a sensible idea to take on the country’s safety rules.
Japan is also pushing for its safety rules to be adopted for fuel cell vehicles, and wants its method of measuring passenger car fuel economy to be the international benchmark.
The World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations will meet in Geneva from March 9-12, 2010.
