On the 23rd, 15 people died in a fire at a charging station in a Nanjing apartment complex.
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology reviews national standards for electric bicycle batteries
Local media reported that China, which recently suffered a large loss of life due to an apartment fire caused by an electric bicycle, is pursuing the introduction of a national standard for electric bicycle batteries.
According to China Central (CCTV) and Global Times on the 27th, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has completed consultations at the national level on the national standard ‘Lithium-ion battery safety technical specifications for electric bicycles’ drafted in 2022 and is considering its introduction.
He Fenglin, deputy director of the Safety Technology Research Center of the China Institute of Electronic Standards, said, “According to this project plan, a mandatory national standard will be announced this year.” “We will be able to fill the technological gap,” he told CCTV.
Once the standard goes into effect, products or services that do not meet the requirements will no longer be produced, sold, imported, or provided.
Previously, in 2022, the Beijing Bicycle and Electric Vehicle Industry Association formalized the ‘Technical Specifications for Lithium-ion Battery Packs for Electric Bicycles’. The standard includes 33 safety technology indicators, including overvoltage and overcurrent protection.
In addition, Guangzhou, southern Guangdong Province, which has the largest number of lithium battery electric bicycles in China, also announced ‘Technical specifications for lithium-ion batteries and battery packs for electric bicycles’ in November last year. It contains information that sets off an alarm 5 minutes before a lithium battery electric bicycle reaches a fire hazard level.
Although each province or organization has established safety standards related to lithium-ion batteries for electric bicycles, mandatory national standards have not yet been introduced.
In China, as the number of electric bicycle users is large, many fires related to electric bicycle batteries are occurring.
On the 23rd, a fire that started on the ground where an electric bicycle storage room was located in an apartment in Nanjing, eastern Jiangsu Province, killed 15 people and injured 44 others.
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Source: Donga
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