Electric vehicle battery swap system - Part 1: General and guidance

IEC 62840-1:2025 gives the general overview for battery swap systems, for the purposes of swapping batteries of electric road vehicles when the vehicle powertrain is turned off and when the battery swap system is connected to the supply network at standard supply voltages according to IEC 60038 with a rated voltage up to 1 000 V AC and up to 1 500 V DC.

This document is applicable for battery swap systems for EV equipped with one or more

– swappable battery systems (SBS), or

– handheld-swappable battery systems (HBS).

This document provides guidance for interoperability.

This document applies to

？ battery swap systems supplied from on-site storage systems (for example buffer batteries etc),

？ manual, mechanically assisted and automatic systems,

？ battery swap systems intended to supply SBS/HBS having communication allowing to identify the battery system characteristics, and

？ battery swap systems intended to be installed at an altitude of up to 2 000 m.

This document is not applicable to

？ aspects related to maintenance and service of the battery swap station (BSS),

？ trolley buses, rail vehicles and vehicles designed primarily for use off-road,

？ maintenance and servi