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Battery category

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The category the battery is classified into by what it is designed to power, which decides most of what else is required of it.

What it holds

  • Attribute id: energy.storage-category
  • Holds: a choice from a fixed list

Allowed values

  • Portable battery — A sealed battery of 5 kg or less that is not designed for industrial use and is not a vehicle battery.
  • LMT battery — A sealed battery of 25 kg or less designed to drive a light means of transport, such as an e-bike or scooter.
  • SLI battery — A battery designed to supply power for starting, lighting or ignition in a vehicle or machine.
  • Industrial battery — A battery designed for industrial use, or any other battery over 5 kg that is not a vehicle or LMT battery.
  • Electric vehicle battery — A battery designed to provide traction power in a hybrid or electric vehicle.

Where it applies

Batteries

Mandatory

Legal basis

A battery must be labelled with the category it falls into, so a battery passport must say which category the battery is.

“the battery category and information identifying the battery in accordance with Article 38(6)”

CELEX:32023R1542, Annex VI, Part A, point 2

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.