Ensure EV battery safety and reliability to current and emerging standards
Ensure EV battery safety and reliability to current and emerging standards
TÜV SÜD assists battery and electric vehicle manufacturers to meet standards that fulfil legal, industry and manufacturer requirements. We provide tests at all levels - in the electrical, chemical, corrosive, mechanical and abusive domains, to maximise safety and reliability in the growing range of applications. We provide tests to safety and quality standards including but not limited to IEC 60068, IEC 62620, ISO 12405, ISO 16750 and ISO 20653.
OUR SERVICES FOR EV BATTERY TESTING
TÜV SÜD test batteries at all levels, with tests in the electrical, chemical, corrosive, mechanical and abusive domain. Our service portfolio covers battery tests for a host of different uses: from electric vehicles and off-road, e-bikes, aerospace, rail and waterborne transport to the extensive field of stationary energy storage systems, grid storage and uninterruptable power supplies (UPS).
Testing in extreme environmental conditions and beyond standard operating conditions helps you find out about product risks and enables more accurate risk assessments. Dynamic impact testing simulates a real vehicle accident to determine the true safety performance of the battery when the car body is deformed. TÜV SÜD can perform dynamic impact tests for electric vehicle batteries and provide advice on the optimum test design including impactor geometry.
We support you in verifying how your battery is performing against the specification, be it in terms of lifetime or in terms of the power output. Through this, you are able to show the quality of the product to your customers and prove the efficiency of the battery system. Very high-power profiles can also be implemented to validate fast charging or simulate some laps on the race track. Our battery tests include lifecycle testing, battery environmental cycle testing and battery calendar life testing. Our experts can customise the testing programmes according to your individual and specific customer requirements.
We support you in demonstrating the quality and reliability of your battery. This helps you to evaluate the effect of external influences on your battery and prove performance under all circumstances by tests like vibration, shock, EMC, thermal cycling, corrosion, dust, salt and humidity tests
For li-ion batteries, it is important that they are tolerate to compression and tension in order to minimize risk from damage, short circuit, heat or thermal. At TÜV SÜD, we can support in testing material characteristics (tensile, compression, shear), impact, scratch, abrasion, pressure cyclic, burst and leakage.
High-performance materials are increasingly required to meet the needs for high capacity, safety, and long life for li-ion batteries. We can support to perform the test requirements for SoC, RoHS, REACH. Additionally, we can test VOCs, fogging, smell/odor, and flammability to ensure that materials are in high quality and up to certain specifications.
We support you in ensuring that your batteries can be transported safely and access markets worldwide according to the applicable legal requirements. We conduct approval tests required under ECE-R100.02 and other international standards for the global market access of electric vehicles and support you along the whole approval process.
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Standard |
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IEC 60068 |
Environmental Testing |
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IEC 62620 |
Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes - Secondary lithium cells and batteries for use in industrial applications |
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IEC 62619 |
Safety requirements for secondary lithium cells and batteries, for use in industrial applications |
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IEC 62660 |
Secondary lithium-ion cells for the propulsion of electric road vehicles |
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ISO 12405 |
Electrically propelled road vehicles |
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ISO 16750 |
Road vehicles — Environmental conditions and testing for electrical and electronic equipment |
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ISO 20653 |
Road vehicles — Degrees of protection (IP code) — Protection of electrical equipment against foreign objects, water and access |
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ISO 6469-1 |
Electrically propelled road vehicles - safety specifications - part 1: on-board rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) |
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GB 38031 |
Electric vehicles traction battery safety requirements |
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GB/T 31484-2015 |
Cycle life requirements and test methods for traction battery of electric vehicle |
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GB/T 31486-2015 |
Electrical performance requirements and test methods for traction battery of electric vehicle |
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SAE J2464 |
Electric and hybrid electric vehicle Rechargeable Energy Storage System (RESS) safety and abuse testing |
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UN 38.3 |
Recommendations on the transport of dangerous goods - manual of tests and criteria part III 38.3 |
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UL 2580 |
Standard for safety - batteries for use in electric vehicles |
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UN ECE R100 |
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of battery electric vehicles with regard to specific requirements for the construction and functional safety |
Assure safety, marketability and compliance throughout the entire value chain, right from electric vehicle components and systems to batteries and charging infrastructure.
Global Market Access
Partner with us to meet your local and global testing & certification requirements applicable in target markets, facilitated by globally accredited laboratories (DIN EN ISO / IEC 17025). Also gain confidence with us, as we support your requirements for approval tests under ECE-R100.02 and other international standards of all vehicle categories, systems and components.
Some key milestones with stakeholders
- Through a recently signed MoU with ComfortDelGro Engineering we have jointly developed a training programme that aims to upskill automotive technicians on the safe handling of high voltage systems in electric and hybrid vehicles. This partnership aims to set industry standards and enable more skilled technicians to be readily available as Singapore works towards a more sustainable future.
- Our strategic partnership with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) has further enhanced our expertise in battery testing & certification, functional safety and other areas to provide services that will mitigate potential risks and help achieve steady & safe development of the global new energy industry.
- Our commitment to sustainability has been further cemented through a pilot project at Microvast GmbH, where we have developed a climate-friendly and sustainable approach, covering the entire product cycle of battery production. Using SDGs as a benchmark, our teams have identified specific indicators and opportunities for improvement of sustainability through regular tracking and monitoring.
Get in touch with us for EV Battery Testing services for your esteemed organisation.
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