Agriculture and construction
One component among thousands.
Electrified loaders, excavators, tractors and handling machines carry industrial batteries above 2 kWh. The passport is for the battery, and the battery changes from one generation of machines to the next.
In scope
What the Regulation asks of your sector.
Every battery above 2 kWh in a machine placed on the EU market from 18 February 2027 needs its passport. The machine maker who places the machine with its battery on the market is the operator. Replacement packs sold in after-sales are placed on the market too.
The passport is attached to the battery reference, opened by a QR code on the battery, and read by dealers, rental fleets, recyclers and authorities.
Where the data sit
Who holds what.
The hard point is attaching the passport to the battery reference, not to the machine, so that BOM changes and after-sales swaps do not break it.
- Cell chemistry and origin
- Carbon footprint
- Safety data sheet, UN 38.3
- Battery reference per generation
- Machine BOM
- Service and swap records
- Passport on the battery, not the machine
- Dealers and rental fleets
- Large contractors
- Recyclers and authorities
Who is already moving
The first passports are published.
- 2024Volvo Cars
Publishes a battery passport on the EX90, built with Circulor and opened by a QR code in the car. Under the same brand, Volvo Construction Equipment, a separate company, already sells electric loaders and excavators whose batteries will need one in 2027.
- Dec. 2024Solaris and BVG Berlin
Series-produced electric buses delivered with a battery passport, two years before the deadline.
- March 2024Battery Pass consortium
Technical guidance and a working demonstrator covering industrial batteries, by Systemiq, BMW, Umicore, Circulor and partners.
What changes for you
Three places where the passport counts.
The machine travels with its passport
From 18 February 2027 a machine is placed on the EU market with the passport of its battery.
Fleets report carbon
Rental fleets and large contractors report under CSRD and ask their suppliers for battery data. The passport is the format they expect.
After-sales is in scope
Spare packs sold by your dealers are placed on the market. With passports, the service network sells compliant parts.
Working back from 18 February 2027
What has to happen, and when.
One to three months from launch to a published passport, and your cell supplier on the critical path, slowed by the year-end break. Prudent assumptions.
- Before 30 November 2026Supplier request sent
Weeks for the answer, before the year-end break and Chinese New Year.
- Before 24 December 2026Compliance work launched
References listed, template filled, first checks passed.
- Early February 2027Passports published
One QR code per battery, on the product and in the documents.
- 18 February 2027The obligation applies
A battery in scope without its passport cannot be placed on the market.
Working back from the deadline with the prudent assumptions of our retroplanning. Fewer references and cooperative suppliers go faster, twelve configurations and silent suppliers go slower.
The platform, for your sector
Create, manage, share.
- Passport on the battery referenceOne template per battery reference, generation by generation, whatever machine it goes into.
- Spare packs coveredAfter-sales packs get their identifier and QR code like first-fit ones.
- The supplier request kitWhat to ask your pack maker, with the letter in English and Chinese and a dated log.
Next step
Your sector, on one of your references.
Thirty minutes on one of your machines. You see its battery passport and leave with the list of what is missing.