Administrative Measures for Gradient Reuse of Automotive Traction Batteries,
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▍What is CTIA CERTIFICATION?

CTIA, the abbreviation of Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, is a non-profit civic organization established in 1984 for the purpose of guaranteeing benefit of operators, manufacturers and users. CTIA consists of all U.S. operators and manufacturers from mobile radio services, as well as from wireless data services and products. Supported by FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and Congress, CTIA performs a large part of duties and functions that were used to be conducted by the government. In 1991, CTIA created an unbiased, independent and centralized product evaluation and certification system for wireless industry. Under the system, all wireless products in consumer grade shall take compliance tests and those complying with the relevant standards will be granted to utilize CTIA marking and hit store shelves of North American communication market.

CATL (CTIA Authorized Testing Laboratory) represents labs accredited by CTIA for testing and review. Testing reports issued from CATL would be all approved by CTIA. While other testing reports and results from non-CATL will not be recognized or have no access to CTIA. CATL accredited by CTIA varies in industries and certifications. Only CATL which is qualified for battery compliance test and inspection has access to battery certification for compliance to  IEEE1725.

▍CTIA Battery Testing Standards

a) Certification Requirement for Battery system Compliance to IEEE1725— Applicable to Battery Systems with single cell or multiple cells connected in parallel;

b) Certification Requirement for Battery system Compliance to IEEE1625— Applicable to Battery Systems with multiple cells connected in parallel or in both parallel and series;

Warm tips: Select above certification standards properly for batteries used in mobile phones and computers. Do not misuse IEE1725 for batteries in mobile phones or IEEE1625 for batteries in computers.

▍Why MCM？

● Hard Technology: Since 2014, MCM has been attending battery pack conference held by CTIA in US annually, and is able to obtain latest update and understand new policy trends about CTIA in a more prompt, accurate and active way. 

●Qualification: MCM is CATL accredited by CTIA and is qualified to perform all processes related to certification including testing, factory audit and report uploading.

To strengthen the administration for gradient reuse of automotive traction batteries, improve the comprehensiveutilization of resources and ensure the quality of batteries to be reused, the Administrative Measures for Gradient Reuse of Automotive Traction Batteries has been jointly made by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministr y of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Commerce and State Administration for Market Regulation, and issued on Aug.
27th, 2021. It shall be implemented 30 days after the issuance. This Administrative Measures for Gradient
Reuse of Automotive Traction Batteries specifies the requirements for enterprises and the products to be recycled ingradient pattern. The enterprises of gradient reuse shall evaluate the residual value of waste batteries according to the actual testing data from the tests as per relevant standards such as GB/T 34015
Recycling of Traction Battery Used inElectric Vehicle- Test of Residual Capacity, increase the utilization efficiency, andimprove the usability, reliability andeconomy of reused products. It isencouraged to adopt advanced andapplicable technologies and equipment to prioritize the gradient reuse of storage batteries at pack, module level, and the disassembly of pack and module shall comply with the standard GB/T 33598