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What is PAS 7060 - Design and use of EV batteries about?

This document looks at the use of traction batteries in relation to electric vehicle design, including pure EVs, hybrid EV’s, plug-in hybrid EVs, and fuel cell hybrid EVs. PAS 7060 provides design guidance for minimizing environmental effects and safety risks from the development, manufacture, customer use, and eventual disposal of the vehicle and likely re-use of the battery.

Who is PAS 7060 - Design and use of EV batteries for?

PAS 7060 on the design and use of electric vehicle batteries can be applied to:

Engineers and product managers in automotive OEMs
Battery suppliers
Vehicle dealerships and distributors
Vehicle repairers and dismantlers
Emergency services
Insurers and regulators
Batter re-users/recyclers

Why should you use PAS 7060 - Design and use of EV batteries?

PAS 7060 on the design and use of electric vehicle batteries gives guidance on health, safety, and environmental considerations in the processes of vehicle design, battery integration, and battery use for EVs and PHEVs.

Its use will create efficiencies in the vehicle manufacturing cycle, de-risk batteries in use, optimize re-use and recycling of vehicle batteries, and ultimately improve consumer confidence in EVs and PHEVs.

PAS 7060 covers general health, safety (including fire), competency, and environmental impact considerations in vehicle design and use, and focuses on:

Vehicle manufacture
Repair and recycling
Interaction with battery management systems
Mechanical and electrical integrity and isolation post-crash
Vehicle disassembly
Second life use of battery
Health data

PAS 7060 on the design and use of electric vehicle batteries includes good practice and guidance that will reduce cost and time in vehicle and battery development and also improve customer satisfaction through higher environmental and safety performance. In addition, its use will help organizations:

Accelerate innovation
Develop their expertise
Facilitate change
Grow sustainably
Improve efficiency
Increase trust in their products and services
Better manage risk

NOTE 1: This PAS does not cover vehicles other than in the following categories defined in EU Directives 2002/24/EC and 2007/46/EC: motorcycles L1e, L2e, L3e, L4e, L5e, L6e, L7e; passenger cars M1, M2; and light goods vehicles N1. It does not cover charging systems that don’t form part of the vehicle and its health, safety and environmental requirements; nor does it cover considerations in the manufacture of battery cells (and electrodes), battery packs and modules, which are being addressed separately.

NOTE 2: It’s recommended that this PAS be used in conjunction with, and is limited by the scopes of, PAS 7061, Pack and Module and PAS 7062, Vehicle Design.

PAS 7060 forms part of the Faraday Battery Challenge programme led by BSI, find out more about the programme here

PAS 7060:2021

Electric vehicles. Safe and environmentally-conscious design and use of batteries. Guide

Current

Published:

31 Jan 2021