# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/174 of 6 February 2020 on the approval of the technology used in 12 Volt efficient alternators for use in certain passenger cars and light commercial vehicles as an innovative technology pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1: Innovative technology

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The technology used in 12 Volt efficient alternators intended for the conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy is approved as an innovative technology within the meaning of Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, taking into account that it is not covered by the standard test procedure set out in Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 and provided that the innovative technology conforms to the following conditions:
(a) it is fitted in internal combustion engine powered passenger cars (M1) and light commercial vehicles (N1);
(b) it is used solely to charge the vehicle battery and to power the electrical system of the vehicle when its combustion engine is running;
(c) it has an efficiency, i.e. a conversion rate from mechanical into electric power, of at least:
(i) 73,8 % for petrol-fuelled vehicles other than turbo-charged;
(ii) 73,4 % for turbo-charged petrol-fuelled vehicles;
(iii) 74,2 % for diesel-fuelled vehicles.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/174/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-174/article-1
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