What is PAS 7061:2020 about?
There’s a growing demand for battery storage, with the market estimated to be worth £5 billion to the UK and £50 billion to Europe by 2025. In the UK, demand is driven in part by government’s commitment to ban new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035. With that in mind, PAS 7061 provides an overview of good practice in relation to the safe and environmentally-conscious handling of electric vehicle batteries.
Who is PAS 7061:2020 for?
- Manufacturers of vehicle propulsion battery modules and packs for motorcycles, passenger cars and light goods vehicles
- Logistics organizations who move pack and modules
- Vehicle manufacturers, dealerships and servicing organizations
- Vehicle end-of-life/recycling organizations
- Battery re-purposing and end-of-life/recycling organizations
- Government
- Regulators
- Insurance companies
- Local authorities
- Shipping, fire, supply chain and reclamation companies
Why should you use PAS 7061:2020?
This PAS provides an overview of good practice that will help industry save time and resources, and build UK knowledge to manage risk in a new manufacturing sector, ensuring the UK can continue to influence and manufacture exports to international markets.
It will help users develop their expertise with electric vehicle batteries, as well as manage risk, increase trust, grow sustainably and accelerate innovation.
PAS 7061 gives recommendations for the safe and environmentally-conscious handling and management of packs and modules of batteries throughout the life cycle of the battery from sourcing of material, through to manufacturing, battery use and battery second life/disposal.
It covers batteries for electrically propelled vehicles, including electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles and gives guidance based on lithium ion battery chemistries, with alternatives chemistries covered in Annex A, for the following vehicle categories:
- Motorcycles: L1e, L2e, L3e, L4e, L5e, L6e and L7e
- Passenger cars: M1 and M2
- Light goods vehicles: N1
The PAS covers:
a) Failure
b) Detection
c) Venting
d) Fumes
e) Disposal
f) Hazards
g) Fire management
h) Handling
i) Lifting
j) Storage
k) Service
l) Competency levels
NOTE: PAS 7061 does not cover the pack being assembled into a vehicle, or cell and pack design and dimension commonization. It also does not cover vehicle-in-use accident management.