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North America market access requirements for light electric vehicles
1.Category Light electric vehicles (electric bicycles and other mopeds) are clearly defined in federal regulations in the United States as consumer goods, with a maximum power of 750 W and a maximum speed of 32.2 km/h. Vehicles that exceed this specification are road vehicles and are regulated b...Read more -
Mandatory Certification of Power Vehicle Products in the Philippines
Recently, the Philippines issued a draft executive order on the “New Technical Regulations on Compulsory Product Certification for Automotive Products”, which aims to strictly ensure that the relevant automotive products produced, imported, distributed or sold in the Philippines meet...Read more -
Railway Transport Guide for NEV Export
There are two reasons that the export of NEV (New Energy Vehicles) has become a trend. First, after the baptism of the domestic market, China’s NEV enterprises have established product advantages and stepped out of the country to seize the international market. Second, under the appeal of ...Read more -
United Nations develops Hazard-based system for classification of lithium batteries
Background As early as July 2023, at the 62nd session of the United Nations Economic Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, the Subcommittee affirmed the work progress made by the Informal Working Group (IWG) on the hazard classification system for lithium cells and batteri...Read more -
Thailand’s new battery standard was officially released
On April 22, 2024, the Ministry of Industry of Thailand issued a new standard on Safety Standard for Portable Sealed Secondary Lithium Batteries and Cells Containing Alkaline or Other Non-acidic Electrolytes. The standard number is TIS 62133 Part 2-2565, which adopts IEC 62133-2 Edition 1.1 (202...Read more -
US Released New《Emergency Response Guide》
Recently, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released the 2024 version of the”Emergency Response Guide”. The guide includes various hazardous materials, corresponding emergency methods and safety precautions, aiming to help and ...Read more -
New Battery Regulation —— Issue of Draft carbon footprint authorization bill
The European Commission has published a draft of two Delegated Regulations related to EU 2023/1542 (the New Battery Regulation), which are the calculation and declaration methods of the battery carbon footprint. The New Battery Regulation sets out life-cycle carbon footprint requirements for dif...Read more -
Survey of Commonly Used Fire Extinguishers for Lithium Batteries
The safety of lithium batteries has always been a concern in the industry. Due to their special material structure and complex operating environment, once a fire accident occurs, it will cause equipment damage, property loss, and even casualties. After a lithium battery fire occurs, the disposal...Read more -
Eco-label Guide for Electrical and Electronic Products：Sweden: TCO Gen10
TCO Certified is a certification of IT products promoted by the Swedish Association of Professional Employees. The certification standards include environmental and social responsibility throughout the IT product life cycle, mainly covering product performance, product long life, reduction of ha...Read more -
Eco-label Guide for Electrical and Electronic Products
USA: EPEAT EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) is an eco-label for the sustainability of global electronic products promoted by the United States GEC (Global Electronic Council) with the support of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPEAT certification...Read more -
Domestic: The new version of GB/T 31486 will be released soon
The GB/T 31486-2015 standard is the main testing standard for power batteries and motorcycle batteries in my country’s automotive industry. This standard involves the performance testing of battery products. In recent years, with the rapid development of batteries/electric vehicles, some t...Read more -
3CPSC’s button cell and coin battery safety regulations to be enforced this month
The latest news On February 12, 2024, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released a reminder document that the safety regulations for button cells and coin batteries issued under Sections 2 and 3 of the Reese’s Law will be implemented in the near future. Section 2 (a) of Reese’s Law ...Read more