The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) proposed three new electric-vehicle standards topics for consideration as its panel tracks 30 existing gaps, covering issues that affect battery response and access to public charging.
In an Oct. 30 update, ANSI’s Electric Vehicles Standards Panel (EVSP) reviewed 30 gaps already on the panel’s list, outlining work on standardization, research and conformity assessment. The three new items are proposals for consideration, not adopted standards.
The proposed topics cover damaged EV battery triage, monitoring, storage and transfer; accessible and inclusive charging equipment and interfaces; and user experience, operations and serviceability at public charging stations without attendants.
ANSI says the EVSP coordinates standards work among stakeholders but does not develop standards itself. Its proposals identify areas for consideration within that coordination effort.
More than 130 organizations informed ANSI’s 2023 roadmap, which catalogued 37 standardization gaps spanning cybersecurity, grid integration, charging infrastructure and vehicle systems. The roadmap classified 14 gaps as high priority, 20 as medium and three as low, and identified pre-standardization research and development needs in 23 gaps. ANSI defined a gap as an industry need without a published standard, code, regulation or policy addressing it.
An April 2026 report covered progress on 17 roadmap gaps and proposed three additional areas, according to ANSI. The October update follows that work with its review of 30 previously identified gaps.
The announcement names the National Electrical Manufacturers Association as a 2026 sponsor and says sponsorships support EVSP costs. Christine Bernat, ANSI’s director of standards facilitation, said standards questions increasingly concern “how it performs in the real world” as EV adoption grows.
ANSI’s Oct. 30 announcement says the next gaps progress report is expected in May 2027. The EVSP webpage still identifies the April 2026 report as current and lists fall 2026 for the next update.
