1. Revision of the Work Plan
RDE-LDV working group
28 June 2012, Brussels, EU
Pierre Bonnel
DG - Joint Research Centre (JRC)
IET - Institute for Energy and Transport

2. Work Plan Revision Stakeholders views on the following elements:
‘Technical’ agenda, i.e. discuss which elements of the work plan need to be revised, new elements to address open issues?
Resources (Manpower, vehicles, labs, instruments, databases, software,…)
Timeline

3. Work Plan Revision Constraints:
3 main elements (Random Cycle, PEMS, Boundary Conditions)
‘Critical mass’ required for Phase 3
WLTP Timing possibly driving the RC timing (Synergies of some validation exercises?)

4. Work Plan Revision Top priorities: Boundary conditions
Specifications for the Random cycle generator

5. Work Plan Revision PEMS
Priority issues: data evaluation, equivalency mechanism with the random cycle
Step 1 – Provision of ‘baseline’ procedures
Testing protocol
Instructions for the data evaluation, both baseline & variations
Exclusions strategies based on the agreed boundary conditions
Step 2 – Recruitment-selection of vehicles and procurement of PEMS instruments
- Pool of ‘golden’ vehicles (3, 4? Representative for key Euro 6 technologies) with ‘golden’ PEMS (vehicles to be tested at different locations, also with other test systems)?

6. Work Plan Revision PEMS Step 3 – Testing including
Definition of light (minimum requirements) and intensive test programs
Estimated 1 (light) or 2 (intensive) weeks / vehicle:
Laboratory ‘back to back’ with the ‘post Step 3’ RC generator)
Step 4 – Data consolidation

7. Work Plan Revision Random cycle (1)
Priority issues: Specifications, drivability, learning, application at large scale
Step 1 - Updated specifications from the random cycle generator, including for instance (non exhaustive list):
‘Definitions’ for the necessary design elements (e.g. input/output, how to create the limitation curve, definition of indicators for the severity, etc..)
Strategy for the creation of the ST database and the ST selection process ….
Step 2 – Phase 2 version of the RC software

8. Work Plan Revision Random cycle (1)
Step 3 – ‘Small scale’ evaluation of the RC software / Iterations and modifications if needed
Step 4 – Phase 3 version of the RC software
Step 5 – ‘Large scale’ evaluation of the RC software (Pilot project – WLTP?)

9. Work Plan Revision Next steps /priorities for next meeting:
Revised work plan (including planning)
Proposal for the boundary conditions
Specifications for the random cycle generator
Pool of ‘golden’ vehicles
- Working documents will be circulated upfront and discussed during the next meeting