DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE
DIN EN 50604-1
; VDE 0510-12:2017-05
Secondary lithium batteries for light EV (electric vehicle) applications - Part 1: General safety requirements and test methods; German version EN 50604-1:2016
Lithium-Sekundärbatterien für Anwendungen in leichten Elektrofahrzeugen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Sicherheitsanforderungen und Prüfverfahren; Deutsche Fassung EN 50604-1:2016
Overview
This European Standard specifies test procedures and provides acceptable safety requirements for voltage class A and voltage class B removable lithium-ion battery (packs and) systems, to be used as traction batteries of or for electrically propelled road vehicles. This European Standard is related to the testing of safety performance of battery packs and systems for their intended use for a vehicle. Light EV includes all electrically propelled two, three and four wheeled vehicles of category L1 up to Category L7 according to the definition of ECE/TR ANS-WP29-78r2e and all electrically propelled or assisted cycles including plug-in hybrid road vehicles (PHEV), that derive all or part of their energy from on-board rechargeable energy storage systems (RESS). This European Standard is not intended to be applied for the evaluation of the safety of battery packs/systems storage, vehicle production, repair and maintenance services and also does not apply to: - lithium cells (testing on cell level is specified in the IEC 62660 series); - batteries other than lithium ion types; - primary batteries (including lithium types); - batteries covered by the ISO 12405 series. The responsible committee is DKE/K 371 "Akkumulatoren" ("Accumulators") of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.
