On the road of harmonizing batteries safety standards
Résumé
In order to promote the introduction of EVs into the international market, the EU, USA and Japan agreed in November 2011 to cooperate on development of EV safety global technical regulations. For that reason, in September 2012, UL LLC and INERIS initiated a cooperative agreement with the goal to focus on ways to reduce inconsistencies between Li-ion EV battery safety standards. A comprehensive review of mechanical, electrical and environmental tests is provided with recommendations for harmonization of test conditions and for mutual recognition of test results are identified.