US standards body forms electric-car panel

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) will form an Electric Vehicles Standards Panel (EVSP) to develop a standardisation roadmap to enable the safe, mass deployment of electric vehicles and associated infrastructure in the US.

The decision was made in response to suggestions that the US standardisation community needs a coordinated approach to keep pace with electric vehicles initiatives moving forward in other parts of the world.

ANSI previously has convened standards panels in diverse areas such as homeland security, healthcare information technology, and nanotechnology.

“The EVSP will provide a mechanism to foster coordination and collaboration among public- and private-sector stakeholders — including industry, government agencies, utilities, standards and conformity assessment organisations, code officials and others — to enable the safe, mass deployment of electric vehicles and associated infrastructure in the US with international coordination, adaptability, and engagement,” said S. Joe Bhatia, ANSI president and CEO.

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