Notice on China-Europe railway transporting new energy vehicle,
China-Europe railway,

▍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.

Railway and highway are allowed to transporting electric vehicles. Compared with ocean shipping and freight, railway transporting has following advantages:Railway transporting does not need the certificate for dangerous products package. Only MSDS, UN38.3 and other documents are needed. Exporting and importing will be more convenient.Railway is more punctual than shipping. In China, the vehicle exporter will ship the cars by drive way and then transport by railway. When arriving at target place, the products will be sent on driveway. The schedule is more reliable than shipping on sea. Normally railway transporting can realize 15 to 20 days arrival, which is much faster than 30 to 40-day-long shipping.Recently, the Ministry of Science and Technology, along with other 8 ministries has set up a plan for supporting carbon peaks through sci-tech. The proposal mentions some actions and measures on peaking carbon emission by 2030. The measures contains energy storage system, including air compression energy storage, flywheel, liquid or solid lithium-ion battery, sodium-ion battery, liquid battery and other high-efficiency energy storage systems. It also mentions the research of some applications of energy storage technologies and how to guarantee the safety of usage.CPSC recalled some earphones manufactured from China. The importer is Lucid Audio LLC. The reason for recalling is because the AAA alkaline batteries may burst and lead to hearing lost. There are more than 19 reports about batteries burst of this product. These were more than 31,150 of these earphones were sold.