Performance and Durability of Rechargeable Industrial Batteries
EUROBAT feedback on ANNEX to the Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards minimum values for the electrochemical performance and durability of rechargeable industrial batteries
EUROBAT has provided written feedback on the European Commission's draft working document supporting the development of setting minimum requirements for the electrochemical performance and durability of rechargeable industrial batteries. The feedback includes both general recommendations and observations, as well as detailed technical comments on various sections of the working document (please see the separate Annex).
EUROBAT welcomes the technology-neutral approach adopted to define minimum performance and durability requirements for batteries. However, the requirements must be adjusted to ensure that all established battery technologies can comply, taking into account real-life operating conditions across applications. In its current form, the delegated act disadvantages the battery industry producing state-of-the-art battery cells based on lead technology in the Europe. Technology-agnosticism should not be interpreted as a call for a simplified uniform, one-size-fits-all set of stress factors and testing requirements, which will unintentionally discriminate against specific battery technologies.
EUROBAT strongly recommends that the forthcoming Delegated Act be based on harmonized European (EN) standards.