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Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles - Introduction

GRVA is the Working Party preparing draft regulations, guidance documents and interpretation documents for adoption by the parent body, WP.29. GRVA deals with safety provisions related to the dynamics of vehicles (braking, steering), Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Automated Driving Systems and well as Cyber Security provisions. The group supervises around 8 informal work groups (IWGs) and tasks forces. The documents of the IWGs as well as the calendar of meetings can be found on our wiki.

Recent activities of GRVA 

Recent highlights

March 2022 - GRVA technical workshop on artificial intelligence (vehicle regulations)

-Reviewed relevant definitions and focused on "narrow AI"
-Discussed a risk-based approached and asked the secretariat together with the industry to make a list of AI use cases in the automotive sector and corresponding risk analysis 

January 2022

-Adopted a guidance document suitable for the CPs of the 1958 and 1998 Agreements regarding cyber security and software updates
-Finalized the drafting of an amendment to UN Regulation No. 157 (defining the conditions allowing for the approval of higher maximal technical speed and lane change functions)
-Adopted an upgrade to UN Regulation No. 131 (ABES for heavy vehicles)

Older deliverables

September 2021

-Reviewed the document from the secretariat (requested in May 2021) on AI and Vehicle Regulations
-Adopted amendments to UN Regulations Nos. 79, 90, 152 and 157 
-Progressed on an amendment to UN GTR No. 8 (ESC)

July 2021 - workshop

1st workshop on the implementation of UN Regulation No. 155 - exchange of views

May 2021 - special session

-Remote Control Parking extended to systems other than hand held devices
-Finalization of Risk Mitigation Function requirements ALKS scope extension including N2/M2/N3/M3

February 2021

-Finalization of the New Assessment / Test Method - Master Document
-Adoption of the ToRs for the IWG on AEBS (heavy vehicles) and the Task Force on ADAS 

December 2020 - special session

Finalization of the Car-2-Bicycle AEB requirements

September 2020

- adoption of the endurance braking performance requirements for BEV Modular Vehicle Combination requirements

- Adoption of the interpretation documents for UN Regulations Nos. 155 and 156

March 2020 - special session

Adoption of a draft UN Regulation on Automated Lane Keeping System
Adoption of a draft UN Regulation on Cyber Security and Cyber Security Management System

February 2020

Adoption of a draft UN Regulation On Software Update and Software Update Management System

January 2019

Adoption of a new UN Regulation on Advanced Emergency Braking Systems (Car-2-Car, Car-2-Pedestrian)


 
Activities under the purview of GRVA

Activities under the Framework Document on the safety of Automated Vehicles (FDAV) 

See publication (version adopted in November 2021)

Four Informal Working Groups deals with the programme defined by the FDAV:

- Functional Requirements for Automated Vehicles (FRAV)
- Validation Method for Automated Driving (VMAD)
- Event Data Recorder and Data Storage System for Automated Driving (EDR/DSSAD)
- Cyber Security and Over-The-Air issues

New vehicle regulations, maintenance of UN GTRs and UN Regulations already in force and guidance documents

Automated driving system

- UN Regulation No. 157 (Automated Lane Keeping System) 

Advanced driver assistance system

Driver Control Assistance System

UN Regulation No. 79 (Steering equipment), including:

Automatically Commanded Steering Systems (Automation Levels 1 and 2)
-Lane keeping (ACSF of Category B1)
-Lance Change (ACSF of Category C)
-Low speed assistance (ACSF of Category A) - including Remote Control Parking 

Corrective Steering Function (CSF)
Emergency Steering Function (ESF)

Other steering provisions e.g. power steering

Advanced Emergency Braking System 

-UN Regulation No. 131 (AEBS for heavy vehicles)
-UN Regulation No. 152 (AEBS for light vehicles)

Active Safety and dynamics (Steering, Braking etc.)

- Anti-lock Braking System for motocycles (UN GTR 3, UN R78)
- Electronic Stability Control (UN GTR 8, UN R140)
- Replacement brake parts (UN R90)

 

 

Inception

At its February 2018 session, the Inland Transport Committee (ITC) acknowledged the importance of WP.29 activities related to automated, autonomous and connected vehicles and requested WP.29 to consider establishing a dedicated subsidiary Working Party (Groupe de Rapporteurs - GR).
Following this request, WP.29, at its June 2018 session, decided to convert the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) into a new Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA). The GRRF activities on tyres and couplings were passed to GRB which became GRBP.

Terms of reference of GRVA: ECE/TRANS/WP.29/690/REV.2 (see rule 35)

Annual programme of work of GRVA: see ECE/TRANS/WP.29/20XX/1