IEA Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology Collaboration Programme (HEV-TCP)

Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (HEVs) have the potential to reduce energy consumption and the dependence on fossil fuels in the transport sector and to improve local and global air quality. The HEV TCP therefore aims to support the extension of the market potential of HEVs.

Although manufacturing costs have significantly decreased since the first HEVs were commercialised, the price remains a barrier for large-scale deployment. Other barriers include the lack of infrastructure and the lack of cross-border harmonisation of recharging mechanisms.

The mission of the HEV TCP is contributing to overcome these barriers through

• Producing objective information for policy and decision makers on hybrid and electric vehicle technology, projects, and programmes and their effects on energy efficiency and the environment,
• Disseminating sound scientific information and technology assessments to the International Energy Agency (IEA) community, national governments, industries, and to other interested organizations,
• Facilitating international collaboration in pre-competitive research and demonstration projects and to act as a promoter for Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment involving shared resources from multiple countries,
• Providing a platform for reliable information on hybrid and electric vehicles.

Ongoing tasks

• Task 1: Information Exchange (since 1995)
• Task 41: Electric Freight Vehicles (2021-2022)
• Task 45: Electrified roads (E-roads) (2022 - 2024)
• Task 46: LCA of Electric Trucks, Buses, Two-Wheelers and other Vehicles (2022 - 2024)
• Task 49: Electric Vehicle-Fire Safety

Completed tasks

• Task 2: Impacts of EVs
• Task 5: Batteries & Supercapacitors
• Task 8: Deployment Strategies
• Task 10: Electrochemical Systems
• Task 11: Electric Cycles
• Task 13: Fuel Cell Vehicles
• Task 14: Market Deployment of Electric Vehicles: Lessons Learned
• Task 15: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
• Task 17: Vehicle Optimization & System Integration
• Task 18: EV Ecosystems
• Task 19: Life Cycle Assessment of EVs
• Task 24: Economic Impact Assessment of E-Mobility
• Task 27: Electrification of transport logistic vehicles (eLogV) 
• Task 29: Electrified, connected and automated vehicles (2016-2021)
• Task 30: Assessment of environmental effects of electric vehicles (2016-2021)
• Task 33: Battery Electric Buses (2016-2021)
• Task 40: CRM4EV - Critical Raw Material for Electric Vehicles (2018-2022)

Publications can be viewed on the page in German.

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

ExCo Delegate

Dr. Andreas Dorda
Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Tel.: +43 1 71162 653109
E-mail: andreas.dorda@bmk.gv.at

ExCo Alternate

Walter Mauritsch
Austrian Energy Agency
Phone: +43 664 965 9251
E-mail: walter.mauritsch@energyagency.at