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Rated capacity

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The charge the battery is rated to deliver from full under the reference test conditions.

What it holds

  • Attribute id: energy.rated-capacity
  • Holds: a measurement
  • Measured in: ampere hour (A⋅h)

Where it applies

Batteries

Mandatory

Legal basis

The publicly accessible part of a battery passport lists the battery’s rated capacity in ampere hours, so a battery passport must carry one.

“rated capacity (in Ah)”

CELEX:32023R1542, Annex XIII, point 1(g)

Cited from Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC, retrieved 2026-09-10. To be read again by 2027-09-10.

Official terms

No official vocabulary has a term for this concept, so this one is ours.