Beginning in February 2027, each EV and industrial battery offered or used within the EU should embody a digital file known as a battery passport.
The battery passport, which is linked to a QR code immediately on the battery, gives info on the place the battery was manufactured, the kinds of supplies used, and the environmental and social influence of its manufacturing (together with carbon emissions and labor practices all through the availability chain).
As Christopher Chico studies in his Battery Chronicle e-newsletterthe principle objective of the EU Battery Regulation is to enhance transparency throughout the battery trade by offering info to recyclers, prospects and regulators. To make sure safety and transparency, battery passports should use open knowledge codecs.
The necessities of the legislation are being phased in over a interval of a number of years. The regulation grew to become energetic in August 2023. In 2024, security and efficiency requirements grew to become obligatory. In 2025, corporations had been required to start out reporting the carbon footprints of their EV batteries, and to doc moral administration of their provide chains. In 2026, carbon footprint labels and data-access guidelines will probably be finalized, and in 2027, digital passports will develop into obligatory for getting into the European market.
Battery passports will manage info into three classes: public, restricted and regulatory.
- Public knowledge will embody the battery kind, its carbon footprint, and particulars about moral sourcing.
- Restricted info will embody restore and recycling directions for service technicians and recycling amenities.
- Regulatory knowledge, accessible solely to authorities companies, will embody compliance studies and check outcomes.
Supply: The Battery Chronicle
