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80% confidenceThis SAE Recommended Practice establishes a standardized test method to determine the expected service life of electric vehicle battery modules under nominal operating conditions. The procedure aims to characterize electrical performance degradation over time and identify relevant failure mechanisms while ensuring results are comparable across different technologies. Accelerated aging is explicitly excluded from the scope, though continuous testing may unintentionally accelerate degradation if not carefully controlled.
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Abstract
This SAE Recommended Practice defines a standardized test method to determine the expected service life, in cycles, of electric vehicle battery modules. It is based on a set of nominal or baseline operating conditions in order to characterize the expected degradation in electrical performance as a function of life and to identify relevant failure mechanisms where possible. Accelerated aging is not included in the scope of this procedure, although the time compression resulting from continuous testing may unintentionally accelerate battery degradation unless test conditions are carefully controlled. The process used to define a test matrix of accelerated aging conditions based on failure mechanisms, and to establish statistical confidence levels for the results, is considered beyond the scope of this document. Because the intent is to use standard testing conditions whenever possible, results from the evaluation of different technologies should be comparable. End-of-life is determined based on module capacity and power ratings. This may result in a measured cycle life different than that which would be determined based on actual capacity; however, this approach permits a battery manufacturer to make necessary tradeoffs between power and energy in establishing ratings for a battery module. This approach is considered appropriate for a mature design or production battery. It should be noted that the procedure defined in this document is functionally identical to the USABC Baseline Life Cycle Test Procedure.
Key findings
- The test method relies on nominal or baseline operating conditions rather than accelerated aging to ensure comparability between different battery technologies.
- End-of-life for battery modules is determined based on specific capacity and power rating thresholds.
- Continuous testing without careful control of conditions may unintentionally accelerate battery degradation, a factor not covered by the document's statistical scope.
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- 2020