PrototypeRegulation (EU) 2023/1542, from 18 February 2027

The battery passport.

From 18 February 2027 every EV, light transport and industrial battery above 2 kWh placed on the EU market must carry a digital passport. This is a worked model of one, built on the same passport record as everything else on SourceLoop. The data is illustrative.

Voltera VP-60 traction pack

SL-BAT-2026-001 / PACK-60-0001
chemistry
LFP (LiFePO₄) prismatic
capacity
60 kWh
pack mass
384 kg
cycle life
4,000 cycles
footprint
47.2 kg CO₂e/kWh
materials
10 groups, 5 critical
custody events
7
second life
Qualified

Six blocks of data, one record.

  1. 01

    Material composition

    Every material group declared with mass, share of pack weight, origin country and criticality flag. Recycled content is mass-balance audited.

  2. 02

    Carbon footprint

    Cradle-to-gate footprint per kWh, calculated to the PEFCR method and reviewed by an accredited third party.

  3. 03

    Chain of custody

    Mine site to first owner as a sequence of events, each carrying a named actor, a date and a verification level.

  4. 04

    Due diligence

    OECD minerals guidance files mapped to Article 48 obligations, with buyer-only evidence held behind encryption.

  5. 05

    State of health

    Capacity and health values exposed by the battery management system and written back to the passport at service events.

  6. 06

    End of life

    Second-life qualification, nominated recycler and recovery targets recorded before the pack leaves the factory.

Annex XII, 2031

A pack that can be re-certified is worth more than a pack that can only be shredded.

Modules are individually addressable and re-testable, so a pack that falls below traction-grade capacity can be re-certified for stationary storage rather than shredded.

Li 80%, Cu 95%, Al 95%, Ni 95% under Annex XII targets for 2031.

See the value at stake

The battery model draws on the same tools as every other passport.