UNE-EN 50604-1:2016

This European Standard specifies test procedures and provides acceptable safety requirements for voltage class A & voltage class B removable lithium-ion battery (packs and) systems, to be used as traction batteries of or for electrically propelled road vehicles. This International Standard is related to the testing of safety performance of battery packs and systems for their intended use for a vehicle.

This International Standard is not intended to be applied for the evaluation of the safety of battery packs/systems storage, vehicle production, repair and maintenance services.

NOTE 1 electrically propelled road vehicles includes electrically assisted road vehicles (e.g. electrically power assisted cycles or pedal electric cycles)

NOTE 2 Light EV includes all electrically propelled two and three wheeled vehicles of category L1 up to category L7 according to the definition of ECE-TRANS-WP29-78r2e and all electrically propelled or assisted cycles.

This standard enables setting up a dedicated test plan for an individual battery pack/system subject to an agreement between customer and supplier. If required, the relevant test procedures and/or test conditions of lithium-ion battery packs and systems may be selected from the standard tests provided in this standard to configure a dedicated test plan.

This standard applies to all battery systems intended to be used in conjunction with products or systems described in IEC 61851-3 series.

NOTE 3 Testing on cell level is specified in IEC 62660.

This standard does not apply to:

lithium cells;

batteries other than lithium ion types;

primary Batteries(including lithium types);

batteries covered by ISO 12405 series.