Industrial Standards and Organizations 159 committee to gain consensus on the scope and content of the standard. Once the technical committee agrees on the standard, it passes to the larger ISO community for approval. Per- haps the biggest difference with SAE standards is that in order to be involved in the standard setting process your company needs to be a member of ISO. The ISO often works jointly with the IEC and other standards organizations to develop some of their industry standards. A partial list of EV battery standards follows: ISO 16750-1: Road vehicles—Environmental conditions for testing for electrical and electronic equipment—Part 1: General ISO 16750-2:
Road vehicles—Environmental conditions for testing for electrical and electronic equipment—Part 2: Electrical Loads ISO 16750-3: Road vehicles—Environmental conditions for testing for electrical and electronic equipment—Part 3: Mechanical Loads ISO 16750-4: Road vehicles—Environmental conditions for testing for electrical and electronic equipment—Part 4: Climatic Loads ISO 16750-5: Road vehicles—Environmental conditions for testing for electrical and electronic equipment—Part 5:
Chemical Loads International Electrotechnical Commission Formed in 1906, the IEC is a “sister” standard organization to ISO whose primary goal is to prepare and publish international standards for all electrical, electronic, and related technologies. The difference with the IEC’s members is that they are not individual companies, but rather countries. Each member country has an equal vote in the standard development process. However, adoption of any standard by a member country is entirely voluntary. Member countries form national committees that are responsible for coordinat- ing that country’s interests in the standard setting process.
These committees are typically made up of experts from government, universities, research institutions, and industry. In the area of lithium-ion batteries, the IEC has developed standards including: IEC 60050-482—International Electrotechnical Vocabulary—Part 482: Primary and secondary cells and batteries IEC 61427-1—Secondary cells and batteries for renewable energy storage—General requirements and methods of test—Part 1:
Photovoltaic off-grid application IEC 61429—Marking of secondary cells and batteries with the international recycling symbol ISO 7000-1135 IEC 61959—Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other nonacid electrolytes—Mechanical tests for sealed portable secondary cells and batteries