Electrified cars have made up roughly four in ten of the cars built in the UK since the start of 2025. The latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), published last week, put September at 42.3%. That steadiness matters, because the rules on where those cars...
For most of the past decade, traceability in battery manufacturing stopped at the pack. A unique identifier on the outer housing was enough to satisfy quality systems and recall requirements. The individual cells inside were treated as interchangeable, identified only by batch, not by unit. That approach will not satisfy...
And what to use instead. Walk into almost any battery manufacturing facility today and you will find adhesive labels. They are quick to apply, cheap to produce and familiar from decades of product labelling practice. They are also almost certainly non-compliant with Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542. The regulation uses one...
It is one word. Four syllables. And right now it is keeping compliance managers, production engineers and regulatory teams at battery manufacturers across Europe up at night, Battery Marking is about to become more complex. Indelible. The Cambridge English Dictionary defines Indelible as "An indelible mark or substance is impossible to remove " Article 13(7) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542...
What EV battery manufacturers need to know about the new marking and traceability requirements. Electric vehicle battery production is growing fast, and so is the regulatory scrutiny that comes with it. Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, the new EU Battery Regulation, introduces mandatory physical marking and digital traceability requirements affecting every manufacturer producing...
