Per Öhlund

Per Öhlund started his career in the automotive industry as a Development Engineer.

In 2004 he switched sides and started to work for Swedish Transport Authorities on emissions legislation. He is now one of the Swedish delegates at the Technical Committee Motor Vehicles (TCMV) and Motor Vehicle Emissions Group (MVEG), both under the responsibility of the EU commission.

From 2009 he has been attending GRPE as the Swedish delegate, which is an informal working group under the World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP 29) in UNECE.

As a technical expert, he follows the development of vehicle and engine technology connected to the reduction of emissions, as well as emission legislation in the EU and UNECE, mainly for light-duty vehicles.

He participates in working groups lead by the EU commission and UNECE both for criteria emissions as for CO2 and fuel consumption, for example real driving emissions (RDE), development of test procedure (WLTP), measures to reduce greenhouse gases (CO2 Expert WG) and development of regulations and policies for electrified vehicles (EVE IWG).