The Federal Consortium for Advanced Batteries (FCAB) today released the Pre-application Battery Test Manual, which defines a series of tests to characterize performance and life behavior for advanced batteries. The manual is based on broad technical needs across multiple applications and was developed to provide federal sponsors and battery end users more common sets of data for pre-application purposes. In developing this manual, multiple federal agencies worked in unison in support of the emerging domestic battery ecosystem.

The FCAB brings together federal agencies that have a stake in establishing a domestic supply of lithium batteries to accelerate the development of a robust and secure domestic industrial base. It is led by the Department of Energy and the Departments of Defense, Commerce, and State.

Learn more about the FCAB and read the manual.