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A second life needs a new passport
When you remanufacture or repurpose a battery and place it on the market again, the law treats you as its manufacturer. If it still falls in a passport category, it gets a new passport, linked to the original. IonPass creates that passport and keeps the link to the battery’s history.
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Battery · CityPack 500Li-ion NMC · 36 V · 500 Wh
Repair or remanufacture?
Not every job on a battery means a new passport.
New passport, linked to the old one
- Remanufacturing: all cells evaluated, at least 90% of the original rated capacity restored, cells within 3% of each other in state of health, same purpose as before
- Repurposing: a new use for the battery, when the result still needs a passport, such as storage above 2 kWh
- Preparing a waste battery for re-use or repurposing
No new passport
- A repair that doesn’t amount to remanufacturing
- Selling a used battery as it is, for its original purpose
A repurposed e-bike pack used as storage counts as an industrial battery, which needs a passport only above 2 kWh. The definitions are in Article 3 of the EU Batteries Regulation.
How IonPass helps refurbishers
Link the original
Scan the old QR code or enter the serial number to link the battery’s history.
Record what you did
Note the new cells, the restored capacity and the state of health.
Print the new label
Print a QR label for the new passport.
See what your passport would look like
Fill in one of your batteries, see its passport and scan it with your phone.
Questions from refurbishers
Does every repaired battery need a new passport?
No. A repair alone doesn’t. Remanufacturing, repurposing and preparing a waste battery for re-use or repurposing do, once the battery is placed on the market again and falls in a passport category.
What if the original battery has no passport?
Batteries first placed on the market before 18 February 2027 have none. A remanufactured battery placed on the market after that date still needs a passport. The Regulation doesn’t say how to link it to an original without one, so keep a record of the original serial number.
Who is responsible for the new passport?
The company that places the remanufactured or repurposed battery on the market. That is usually you.
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