Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electric-Powered Vehicles: Electrolyte Spillage and Electrical Shock Protection

Title of document
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electric-Powered Vehicles: Electrolyte Spillage and Electrical Shock Protection (7 page(s), in English)

Description
This document proposes to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 305, "Electric-powered vehicles: Electrolyte spillage and electrical shock protection," to clarify the direct contact protection requirements that apply to high voltage connectors, and to explicitly permit the use of high voltage connectors that cannot be separated without the use of tools. The proposed changes to these requirements would harmonize FMVSS No. 305 with Global Technical Regulations (GTRs) No. 13 and No. 20, which explicitly permit such connectors. In addition, it would make three minor technical corrections to the standard.

Notifying member: United States of America

Notification: G/TBT/N/USA/1442

Objective tag
Protection of human health or safety

Documents

• 19_1199_00_e.pdf

Agency responsible
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT) [1469]

Timing:

• Submission: 01/03/2019
• Reception: 04/03/2019
• Distribution: 04/03/2019
• Final date for comments: 15/03/2019
• Proposed date of adoption: N/A