BS EN 50604-1:2016 specifies test procedures and provides acceptable safety requirements for voltage class A and voltage class B removable lithium-ion battery (packs and) systems, to be used as traction batteries of or for electrically propelled road vehicles. This European Standard is related to the testing of safety performance of battery packs and systems for their intended use for a vehicle.

This European Standard is not intended to be applied for the evaluation of the safety of battery packs/systems storage, vehicle production, repair and maintenance services.

Light EV includes all electrically propelled two, three and four wheeled vehicles of category L1 up to Category L7 according to the definition of ECE/TR ANS-WP29-78r2e and all electrically propelled or assisted cycles including plug-in hybrid road vehicles (PHEV), that derive all or part of their energy from on-board rechargeable energy storage systems (RESS).

This European Standard enables setting up a dedicated test plan for an individual battery pack/system subject to an agreement between customer and supplier. If required, the relevant test procedures and/or test conditions of lithium-ion battery packs and systems may be selected from the standard tests provided in this standard to configure a dedicated test plan.

This European Standard applies to all battery systems intended to be used in conjunction with products or systems described in the IEC/TS 61851-3 series.

NOTE Testing on cell level is specified in the IEC 62660 series.

This European Standard does not apply to:

• lithium cells;
• batteries other than lithium ion types;
• primary Batteries(including lithium types);
• batteries covered by the ISO 12405- series.

Cross References:
ISO 12405-3:2014
EN 60068-2-47
IEC 60068-2-47
EN 60335-2-29
IEC 60335-2-29
EN ISO 14021
ISO 14021
EN ISO 4892-2
ISO 4892-2
EN ISO 7010:2012
ISO 7010:2011
EN ISO 13849
ISO 13849
IEC 60335-1
IEC 60417:2002
IEC/TS 60479-2:2007
IEC 61140
IEC 61508
IEC/TS 61851-3-1:2016
IEC/TS 61851-3
IEC/TS 62196-4
IEC 62660
ISO 16750-1
ISO 16750-3
ISO 16750-4
ISO 6469-3
UN ECE R100
UN ECE R17
UN 3480
UN 3481
EN 61032:1998
IEC 61032:1997
IEC 61643-321
IEC 62368-1:2010
ISO 7000:2004
ISO/IEC 17025:2005
IEC 60617
2006/95/EC
2002/24/EC
ECE/TR ANS-WP29-78r2e
UN 3171


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