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EVS Task Force 5: Draft text for electric vehicle thermal propagation test method
Document EVSTF-08-17
17 May 2016

EVS Task Force 5 draft text as of 16 May 2016. The text proposes the intentional provocation of thermal runaway in a single cell either via a nail, heater, or overcharge method. The test is passed if no runaway or propagation occurs beyond the initiator cell or if no fire or explosion occurs beyond the initiating cell within five minutes of the initial thermal propagation.

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