Australia's environmental requirements for electric bicycle batteries
2025-08-19
The environmental requirements for electric bicycle batteries in Australia mainly include safety performance, material flame retardancy, service life, environmental testing, compliant sales, and recycling, as follows:
The correlation between safety performance and environmental protection: Batteries need to have functions such as overcharge protection, overdischarge protection, short circuit protection, overcurrent protection, etc., while meeting certain requirements for cycle life and energy density. These requirements indirectly ensure the stability of the battery during use, reducing energy waste and environmental pollution caused by performance degradation.
Flame retardant and environmentally friendly materials: The shell, printed circuit board, and wires of the battery pack should use flame-retardant materials to reduce the spread rate of flames after a fire occurs. This requirement not only concerns safety, but also reduces the secondary pollution of the environment caused by fires.
Service life and environmental protection: Manufacturers need to clearly label the battery pack with the "safe service life" to remind users to timely eliminate old batteries. As the service life of lithium-ion batteries increases, their safety risks will gradually amplify. Timely elimination can reduce the potential safety risks and environmental hazards caused by old batteries.
Environmental testing and certification: Batteries need to pass multiple environmental related tests, including thermal abuse, needle puncture, low air pressure, temperature cycling, immersion, etc., to ensure their safety and reliability in various environments. These tests help reduce the environmental pollution caused by batteries during use and disposal.
Compliant sales and recycling: According to Australia's mandatory national standards, batteries that do not meet environmental and safety requirements are not allowed to be produced, sold, imported, or provided. At the same time, discarded electric vehicle batteries cannot be discarded or piled up randomly. Owners need to handle them properly to avoid affecting the city's image and causing serious pollution.
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