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The Standardization Administration of China (SAC) announced on Aug 3rd that 14 national standards on electric vehicles are being revised or drafted. These standards concern critical technologies such as traction battery recycling, wireless (inductive) charging system, conductive charging system, safety testing, and testing on charger connectors.
The most distinguishing feature of electric vehicles is they rely on electric motors instead of combustion engines for propulsion. A large proportion of electric vehicles use traction batteries, which consume finite and rare materials during their production and introduce heavy metals and other hazardous chemicals to the environment if improperly disposed. Therefore the recycling of traction batteries is highlighted as a major concern when promoting electric vehicles.
The traction battery recycling standards being developed will cover aspects including battery removal, cascade use, material recycling, packaging and transport, etc. Together with the previously launched projects on standardization of the models, technical specifications and sizes of batteries and coding of battery pack for battery swapping, continuous efforts are being made to establish China’s integrated traction battery management and recycling system in a bid to drive the sustainable development of the industry.
