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Document Title EVS Task Force 5: Draft text for electric vehicle thermal propagation test method
Reference Number EVSTF-08-17
Date
17 May 2016
Summary 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.
Rulemaking Area(s) Electric Vehicles & the Environment
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EVSTF-08-20 EVS Task Force 5 (Thermal propagation): Japan comments on the proposed thermal propagation test methods
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