Examples & tools
Use an educational readiness check and an illustrative record to organize your next steps.
Use a practical learning aid
The readiness checker and example record help organize questions. Neither determines whether a real product meets legal obligations or provides an approved passport format.
Useful starting points
- Complete the educational self-assessment.
- Review the illustrative record.
- Turn identified gaps into an internal investigation list.
Guides in this topic
A battery passport example: an illustrative record
A fictional battery passport record showing identity, model data, unit data, evidence and controlled updates.
EV worked record: what an electric vehicle battery passport entry contains
An EV battery passport entry separates model information from unit information and keeps the unit history readable over the life of the battery.
Evidence trace record: following one passport claim back to its supporting evidence
An evidence trace links each passport claim to a document, a test or a measurement, so that a figure can be checked without taking the record on trust.
Incomplete record diagnosis: finding what is missing in a battery passport without guessing
An incomplete record is diagnosed field by field against Annex XIII, with missing, partly present and unverifiable kept as separate findings.
Industrial worked record: a battery passport entry for an industrial battery over 2 kWh
An industrial battery record turns on the 2 kWh threshold, the storage setting and the distinction between model data and operating history.
LMT and e-bike worked record: a battery passport entry for a light means of transport battery
An LMT battery record has no capacity threshold, so the entry turns on correct category assignment, removability context and use history.
Model vs unit layer record: keeping shared data and single battery data apart
A passport record has two layers, model and unit, and most reading errors come from treating one layer as if it were the other.
Portable worked record: what a record looks like when no battery passport is required
Portable batteries fall outside the Article 77 passport duty, so a portable record must show the boundary clearly instead of imitating a passport.
Public vs authorised view record: what each reader sees in the same passport
One passport produces different views for different readers, and the public view must be complete on its own terms without leaking restricted detail.
Remanufactured battery record: a new passport entry for a battery placed on the market again
Remanufacturing creates a new placing on the market in defined circumstances, so the record must link the prior life without carrying forward stale claims.
Repaired battery record: keeping the original passport accurate after a repair
A repair keeps the original identifier and the original placing, so the record gains a dated repair entry instead of a new passport.
Status change record: how a battery passport shows repair, reuse, repurposing and end of life
Status changes turn a static passport into a life record, and each change needs a date, a prior status, a new status and an actor type.
What a record must never claim: limits that keep a battery passport honest
A passport record must never claim safety, remaining life, sustainability or compliance beyond the evidence, scope and date shown in the entry.
Where are you on
battery passport readiness?
Take a short self-assessment to identify information and processes worth investigating.
This checker is an educational planning tool and does not determine legal obligations or compliance.
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