On June 3, 2024, SAC/TC114/SC27 (Electric Vehicles) issued an official explanation article, analyzing the national standard GB/T 44132-2024 Recovery of Traction Battery Used in Electric Vehicle - General Requirements (hereinafter referred to as “the Standard”)
The analyzing article contains 6 chapters covering brief intro, drafting background, purpose, main contents and the standard’s significance. The key contents are summarized as follows:
Scope and intro
The standard stipulates the terms and definitions, principles, basic requirements, recovery requirements and comprehensive utilization requirements for recovery of traction battery used in electric vehicles. It applies to the recovery of lithium-ion traction batteries and nickel-metal hydride traction batteries, and can be used as a reference for other types of batteries.
Drafting background
At present, the traction battery recycling industry has ushered in a new stage of rapid development. According to statistics, there are more than 20,000 registered battery recycling enterprises in China, but most of them apply "small-mill-style" recycling, which is of very low efficiency and has great potential safety and environmental hazards.
By implementation of this standard and other relevant standard series, it is expected that the industry access conditions shall be improved, and eventually to standardize the recycling of waste traction batteries, and promote the high-quality development of the industry.
Drafting purpose
- Organize the terminology of traction battery recycling, and clarify its definitions and boundary.
- Stipulate relevant requirements of waste traction batteries for the dismantling, collection, packaging and transportation and other related activities.
- Specify requirements for echelon use, recycling and relevant products.
Main contents
- Terms and Definitions.
- Recycling and Reuse Principles: safety, green and low-carbon, reusing, full life cycle.
- Basic Requirements: general requirements, product requirements of traction batteries, traceability management requirements, safety requirements, environmental protection requirements, recycling emergency management requirements.
- Recycling Requirements: dismantling requirements, collection requirements, classification requirements, packaging and transportation requirements, handling requirements, storage requirements.
- Comprehensive Utilization Requirements: production requirements of echelon use, product requirements of echelon use, production requirements for recycling, product requirements for recycling.
Foreign stakeholders and MNCs are advised to notice that, although it is a voluntary standard, but is still possible to play an important role in the EV sector under the country’s green transition. Special focus are suggested to be paid on whether it would be cited by any mandatory certification schemes or regulations.
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