Major auto markets join forces for draft UN legislation on electric vehicle battery durability, UNECE, 12 November 2021

In UN, a new legal instrument has been devised to ensure the maximum durability of batteries fitted to electric and lug-in or hybrid cars, in that they will lose less than 20% of their initial capacity over 5 years or 100 000 km, and less than 30% over 8 years or 160 000 km.