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    "label": "ADR, RID and ADN",
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      "name": "ADR, RID and ADN",
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        "ADR",
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      "section": "topic-standards-vehicle",
      "definition": "The international agreements for carrying dangerous goods by road (ADR, under UNECE), rail (RID, under OTIF) and inland waterway (ADN), revised together every two years in line with the UN Model Regulations. They set how lithium cells and batteries are classified, packed, marked and documented on land; the rules for damaged or defective batteries sit in special provisions 376 and 377.",
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        "transport-regulations",
        "imdg-code",
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      "label": "Vehicle and transport standards",
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        "name": "Vehicle and transport standards",
        "lede": "The regulations and standards a vehicle battery must meet to be approved, and the rules for shipping batteries by road, sea and air.",
        "context": "Check issuing organization, edition, scope and market.",
        "example": "Shipping tests and vehicle battery approval tests address different uses; passing one does not automatically satisfy another.",
        "lesson_url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/fundamentals/battery-basics/",
        "lesson_label": "Open battery basics"
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      "id": "term:damaged-battery-transport",
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      "label": "Damaged and defective battery transport",
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        "definition": "The dangerous-goods rules for moving lithium batteries that are damaged, defective or sent for disposal, set in ADR special provisions 376 and 377: specific packagings, and for batteries liable to react dangerously, packaging approved for that risk. A swollen or crashed pack is never shipped as an ordinary battery.",
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      "label": "UN 38.3",
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        "definition": "The United Nations test sequence that every lithium cell and battery must pass before it can be shipped: altitude, thermal cycling, vibration, shock, external short, impact or crush, overcharge and forced discharge. Air shipment of cells also caps state of charge at 30 %.",
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      "label": "IMDG Code",
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        "id": "imdg-code",
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        "section": "topic-standards-vehicle",
        "definition": "The IMO’s code for carrying packaged dangerous goods by sea, mandatory under the SOLAS convention since 2004 and amended every two years. It sets how lithium and sodium-ion batteries are classified, packed, stowed and segregated on ships; amendment 42-24, mandatory from 2026, added separate entries for lithium-ion, lithium-metal and sodium-ion battery-powered vehicles.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "term:iata-dgr",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations",
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        "definition": "The airline industry’s manual for shipping dangerous goods by air, built on the ICAO Technical Instructions and reissued every year. Lithium batteries fall under packing instructions 965–967 for lithium-ion — alone, packed with or inside equipment — and 968–970 for lithium metal. Lithium-ion batteries shipped alone must be at no more than 30 % state of charge; from 2026 so must those packed with equipment above 2.7 Wh.",
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      "label": "IEC 62281",
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        "id": "iec-62281",
        "name": "IEC 62281",
        "section": "topic-standards-vehicle",
        "definition": "The IEC standard setting test methods and requirements that keep primary and rechargeable lithium cells and batteries safe while they are shipped; transport for recycling or disposal is outside its scope. It closely tracks the UN 38.3 test sequence, with an annex listing where the two differ. The current edition is the fourth, of 2019, amended in 2021 and 2023.",
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        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/iec-62281/",
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