(DOE) SAND2005-3123

This manual defines a complete body of abuse tests intended to simulate actual use and abuse conditions that may be beyond the normal safe operating limits experienced by electrical energy storage systems used in electric and hybrid electric vehicles. The tests are designed to provide a common framework for abuse testing various electrical energy storage systems used in both electric and hybrid electric vehicle applications. The manual incorporates improvements and refinements to test descriptions presented in the Society of Automotive Engineers Recommended Practice SAE J2464 “Electric Vehicle Battery Abuse Testing” including adaptations to abuse tests to address hybrid electric vehicle applications and other energy storage technologies (i.e., capacitors).