Battery knowledge · Vehicle and transport standards
ISO 12405
The international standard for testing lithium-ion battery packs and systems in electric vehicles, covering performance, reliability and abuse at pack level. Part 4 is the current performance specification.
Example
Vehicle and transport standards: an example situation
Shipping tests and vehicle battery approval tests address different uses; passing one does not automatically satisfy another.
Read ISO 12405 alongside IEC 62660 in this context. The international standard series for lithium-ion cells in electric vehicles: part 1 performance testing, part 2 reliability and abuse testing, part 3 safety requirements. It fixes test conditions so results from different labs can be compared.
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- UN Manual of Tests and Criteria, Revision 8
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe · 2023
Topic background · Dangerous-goods classification tests; subsection 38.3 concerns battery transport testing.
- Manual of Tests and Criteria, Revision 8, Amendment 1
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe · 2025
Topic background · Amendments to Revision 8, including changes to battery testing in subsection 38.3.