Example
An example battery passport.
This is a passport for an electric-vehicle battery, from the software's own example data. The company, Musterzelle GmbH, is invented, and the page shows the data a company submits before it is signed, sorted the way a node shows it to each reader.
Some public values are placeholders. For passports from February 2027, the Commission's guidance says to leave the carbon footprint and the shares of recycled cobalt, lithium, nickel and lead empty until the rules for calculating and showing them apply. The software still asks for them, and that is being changed. Information on responsible sourcing is due from August 2027, so it is not shown here.
To see a signed proof file checked in your browser, use Verify. To switch between readers and watch the parts change, use Visibility.
Anyone who scans
The public part.
No login and no fee. This is what a phone camera opens.
- Product name
- Musterzelle EV Traction Battery 75 kWh
- Manufacturer
- Name: Musterzelle GmbH · Address: Werkstrasse 5, 85055 Ingolstadt, DE · Identity document: https://musterzelle.example/.well-known/did.json
- Batch
- VBX-EV-2026-0421
- Placed on the market
- 2026-07-01
- Customs code
- 85076000
- Materials
- Name: Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMC 811) · Weight (kg): 210 · Recycled share (%): 13 · Country of origin: DE
- Name: Graphite/silicon anode · Weight (kg): 95 · Recycled share (%): 4 · Country of origin: DE
- Name: Aluminium pack housing · Weight (kg): 85 · Recycled share (%): 71 · Country of origin: DE
- Product identifier
- Scheme: gs1 · Barcode number (GTIN): 09590000000045
- Battery category
- Electric vehicle
- Chemistry
- NMC
- Carbon footprint (kg CO2e)
- 61.2
- Passport number
- URN:ODL:BATT:09590000000045:VBX-EV-2026-0421
- Model
- VBX-EV75-NMC811-P4S96
- Place of manufacture
- Ingolstadt, DE (plant ING-1)
- Date of manufacture
- 2026-05-11T00:00:00Z
- Weight (kg)
- 468
- Nominal voltage (V)
- 355
- Minimum voltage (V)
- 270
- Maximum voltage (V)
- 403.2
- Nominal capacity (Ah)
- 211
- Rated capacity (kWh)
- 75
- Rated energy (Wh)
- 75,000
- Original power capability (W)
- 150,000
- Lowest power limit (W)
- 500
- Highest power limit (W)
- 220,000
- Renewable content (%)
- 16
- Recycled cobalt (%)
- 12
- Recycled lithium (%)
- 9
- Recycled nickel (%)
- 11
- Recycled lead (%)
- 0
- Recycled content reported for
- 2026
- Capacity at which it counts as worn out (%)
- 70
- Expected lifetime (cycles)
- 1,800
- Lifetime test used
- UNECE GTR 22 / IEC 62660-1:2018, 25 degC
- Round-trip efficiency when new (%)
- 94
- Round-trip efficiency at half its cycle life (%)
- 88
- Cycle-life test rate (C)
- 1
- Cell internal resistance (mΩ)
- 1.1
- Pack internal resistance (mΩ)
- 42
- Storage temperature range
- Minimum (°C): -30 · Maximum (°C): 55
- Storage temperature test used
- IEC 62660-1:2018 storage profile
- Commercial warranty (months)
- 96
- Hazardous substances
- Name: Nickel sulfate · CAS number: 7786-81-4 · Concentration (%): 2.4
- Name: Cobalt sulfate · CAS number: 10124-43-3 · Concentration (%): 0.9
- Name: Lithium hexafluorophosphate · CAS number: 21324-40-3 · Concentration (%): 0.9
- Extinguishing agent
- Large volumes of water for cooling; do not use CO2 on cell fire
- Critical raw materials
- Name: Cobalt · CAS number: 7440-48-4 · Weight (g): 5,200 · Country of origin: CD
- Name: Lithium · CAS number: 7439-93-2 · Weight (g): 8,100 · Country of origin: CL
- Name: Nickel · CAS number: 7440-02-0 · Weight (g): 32,000 · Country of origin: ID
- Name: Natural graphite · CAS number: 7782-42-5 · Weight (g): 74,000 · Country of origin: MZ
- Markings
- Separate-collection symbol per Art. 13(4); capacity 75 kWh; HV warning label
- EU declaration of conformity
- EU-DoC VBX-2026-EV-0142 dated 2026-05-18, per Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 Art. 18
- Waste battery information
- EV battery - handled by the vehicle manufacturer take-back scheme. Do not open or discharge. Contact hv-service@musterzelle.example. Producer registration DE-BATT-00981.
Authorities and readers with a legitimate interest
Held back for credential holders.
Dismantling and composition detail, shown to authorities and to readers with a legitimate interest, such as repairers and recyclers.
- Cathode material
- Name: LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 · Share by weight (%): 96.5 · CAS number: 346417-97-8
- Name: PVDF binder · Share by weight (%): 2 · CAS number: 24937-79-9
- Name: Conductive carbon black · Share by weight (%): 1.5 · CAS number: 1333-86-4
- Anode material
- Name: Graphite · Share by weight (%): 90 · CAS number: 7782-42-5
- Name: Silicon oxide · Share by weight (%): 6 · CAS number: 10097-28-6
- Name: SBR/CMC binder · Share by weight (%): 4 · CAS number: 9003-55-8
- Electrolyte material
- Name: Ethylene carbonate · Share by weight (%): 30 · CAS number: 96-49-1
- Name: Ethyl methyl carbonate · Share by weight (%): 55 · CAS number: 623-53-0
- Name: Lithium hexafluorophosphate · Share by weight (%): 13 · CAS number: 21324-40-3
- Name: Vinylene carbonate additive · Share by weight (%): 2 · CAS number: 872-36-6
- Component part numbers
- VBX-CELL-4680-NMC811, VBX-MODULE-24S, VBX-BMS-MASTER-V4, VBX-PACK-HV-75
- Spare-part sources
- hv-service@musterzelle.example; +49 841 5550 400 (certified HV workshops only)
- Disassembly instructions
- https://musterzelle.example/service/ev75/disassembly
- Safety measures
- High-voltage (>60 V DC). HV-qualified personnel only. Service disconnect plug removed and locked out. Insulated PPE class 00.
Authorities only
The evidence of conformity.
Test results, shown to notified bodies, market surveillance authorities and the Commission.
- Test report results
- IEC 62660-2:2018 pass; ISO 6469-1:2019 pass; UN 38.3 pass; report VBX-TR-2026-0507
Readers with a legitimate interest only
This battery's own history.
State of health and use, shown to readers with a legitimate interest and not to authorities.
- Battery status
- Original
- Performance over time
- Rated capacity (Ah): 209 · Capacity fade (%): 0.9 · Power (W): 148,000 · Power fade (%): 0.6 · Internal resistance (mΩ): 42.4 · Internal resistance increase (%): 1 · Round-trip efficiency (%): 93.6 · Expected lifetime (cycles): 1,785 · Expected lifetime (years): 9.5
- State of health
- Measured as: Electric vehicle · State of certified energy (%): 99.1
- Usage history
- Charge and discharge cycles: 8 · State of charge readings: 2 entries
Read this first
What this example is.
The fields and who may read them are the software's own, for a battery under the Batteries Regulation. The values are invented. A field the software does not list as restricted is shown publicly, which is why the public part is the largest.