BatteryPass-Ready –
Advancing battery passport readiness by delivering a test environment

Background and aims

Batteries play a vital role in achieving a sustainable energy supply – not only in the realm of industrial energy storage but also for e-mobility. Starting in February 2027, the battery passport will become mandatory under EU regulations. It will enhance transparency of data throughout the entire battery lifecycle – from production to usage and increased circularity. This presents a challenge for battery providers and manufacturers: they will have to adapt their data management systems and establish the technical infrastructure required for the battery passport. For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with limited resources, these demands are significant hurdles.

Testing, Analyzing, and Preparing for the Mandatory Battery Passport

To support such companies, the BatteryPass-Ready consortium is developing a testing environment that will ease the implementation of the battery passport along the entire value chain and provide greater security in the process: During development, manufacturers and service providers can verify whether their solutions comply with EU standards, ensuring smooth integration with the planned system.

The testing environment will enable users to:

–  analyze ongoing developments related to mandatory data points
–  use provided test data or incorporate their own data
–  test data completeness and plausibility
–  ensure compliance of the battery passport with relevant standards
–  conduct, monitor, and log tests
–  use emulation environments—especially for components provided and operated by the European Commission (e.g. registry)

Additionally, the project will provide policy and business stakeholders with actionable guidance.

Consortium Partners

The BatteryPass-Ready consortium brings together leading institutions and companies from the fields of circular economy, product passports, and testing:

Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK)

As consortium lead, Fraunhofer IPK is managing the project and contributes its extensive experience in developing innovative technologies and digital solutions for the industry. In the original BatteryPass project, Fraunhofer IPK was responsible for developing Technical Guidance.

acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering

As a neutral, public-interest, and science-based organization, acatech is responsible for stakeholder engagement and for the content-related development of data points in BatteryPass-Ready. In the predecessor project, acatech was, together with consortium partner Systemiq, responsible for developing the Content Guidance and the DIN DKE Spec 99100.

GEFEG

GEFEG, a leading company for digital data standards and integration, is in charge of developing the testing environment. The company has extensive expertise in standardizing and validating complex data structures through numerous EU- and association-level projects.

Technische Universität Berlin

With its long-standing expertise in quality science, TU Berlin plays an active role in developing an innovative test system. Its Department of Quality Science researches cutting-edge concepts, methods, and organizational approaches to assess and shape quality processes and QM systems. In BatteryPass-Ready, TU Berlin is developing an FMEA-based approach for precise fault identification and risk assessment tailored to the requirements of the digital product passport.

The project also collaborates closely with relevant industry associations, including the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), the Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA), the German Bicycle Industry Association (ZIV), and BITKOM, the digital industry association. These partnerships ensure practical relevance and the involvement of pertinent stakeholders from the industry.

 

Project duration:

04/2025 — 03/2027

Chair acatech:

 

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Weber
acatech - National Academy for Science and Engineering

Project lead:

 
 

    • acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering

    • Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik (IPK)

    • TU Berlin

    • GEFEG mbH

    • Bitkom (Germany’s digital association)

    • VDA (German Association of the Automotive Industry)

    • VDMA (Mechanical Engineering Industry Association)

    • ZIV (German Bicycle Industry)

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