https://it-news.uk/tags/battery-safety/ Recent content in Battery-Safety on IT News Hugo en-us Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:59:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/china-ev-battery-safety-standard-gb38031-chery/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:59:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/china-ev-battery-safety-standard-gb38031-chery/ <p>China&rsquo;s new mandatory battery safety standard — widely described as the toughest in the world for electric vehicles — went into effect on July 1. Hours later, Chery became one of the first automakers to publicly guarantee compliance across its entire lineup.</p> <p>The regulation, officially designated GB38031-2025, rewrites the rules on what happens when an EV battery fails. Under the old standard, a battery pack only needed to give occupants five minutes of warning before catching fire or exploding. The new requirement: zero fire, zero explosion for at least two hours after thermal runaway begins. That&rsquo;s a 24× improvement in the observation window.</p>