Periodic Reporting for period 2 - STAN4SWAP (Standardization Roadmap of Swappable Batteries for L-cat Vehicles)
Periodo di rendicontazione: 2024-12-01 al 2025-11-30
One of main goals of the 2020 industrial strategy is to support a stronger Single Market for EU’s recovery. This goal will be met enhancing global leadership in technologies and in standard setting towards ensuring interoperability across the EU industrial ecosystems. Standards are key enablers of the EU green transition. European Standardization Organizations support and promote the convergence of standardization work/development towards alignment at global level, contributing to a reduction of costs and to strengthen EU and global value chains, while EU priorities are considered. Standards & Standardization are recognized as a major tool for promoting innovation, for both policymakers and businesses. Standardization is an important factor for valorizing EU R&I projects, favoring their applicability on a larger scale, promoting their uptake by industry, and boosting innovation to market. Bringing the R&I community together with industrial stakeholders into the standards-making process is key to 1/identify the priorities, 2/share views on future developments and stakeholder/users’ needs, 3/provide recommendations to the EU Commission and EU Standardization Organizations for future standardization needs.
The Green Deal is calling for supporting deployment of more energy-efficient vehicles.
Electric Vehicles (EVs) play an important role to support the decarbonization of mobility industry. However, one of the main barriers to its diffusion is the need to recharge the battery because of the limited existing charging capacities. This is true for electric cars, but also for Light categories (L-cat) EVs (2 wheelers, 3-4 wheelers) with limited battery capacities.
Battery swapping is a system offering an attractive alternative allowing EVs owners to swap their empty batteries for fully charged ones in few seconds. This system can boost EV mobility, especially, L-cat e-vehicles deployment. STAN4SWAP set a robust standardization roadmap towards boosting innovation to market for Swappable Battery Systems for L-cat EVs deployment as a major contribution to safe, secure, resources, environmentally friendly and interoperable decarbonization solutions in mobility.
STAN4SWAP worked in a holistic manner and along the full value chain of light mobility, with all related and relevant stakeholders, to identify: Issues and challenges, Gaps, Barriers that standardization will help/contribute to solve and overcome.
Primary priority is to ensure interoperability and compatibility of swappable systems among different EVs and between EVs and swapping stations for users and logistics.
The new Battery Regulation is one of the driving pieces of legislation.With this roadmap, STAN4SWAP intends to be part of the EU standardization work program for next years and to impulse a significant signal to all value chain stakeholders. It is aimed at contributing to branding EU standards and promoting their adoption at global level (ISO and IEC). The deployment of this robust standardization roadmap is an essential step towards coherent, complementary and efficient development of standards in support of sustainable cities.
As general impact, this standardization roadmap will be a driver to meet the Green Deal and Fit for 55 goals in line with the EU regulatory framework and boost the excellence of Europe and its contribution to global committments (Paris agreement).
The Green Deal is calling for supporting deployment of more energy-efficient vehicles.
Electric Vehicles (EVs) play an important role to support the decarbonization of mobility industry. However, one of the main barriers to its diffusion is the need to recharge the battery because of the limited existing charging capacities. This is true for electric cars, but also for Light categories (L-cat) EVs (2 wheelers, 3-4 wheelers) with limited battery capacities.
Battery swapping is a system offering an attractive alternative allowing EVs owners to swap their empty batteries for fully charged ones in few seconds. This system can boost EV mobility, especially, L-cat e-vehicles deployment. STAN4SWAP set a robust standardization roadmap towards boosting innovation to market for Swappable Battery Systems for L-cat EVs deployment as a major contribution to safe, secure, resources, environmentally friendly and interoperable decarbonization solutions in mobility.
STAN4SWAP worked in a holistic manner and along the full value chain of light mobility, with all related and relevant stakeholders, to identify: Issues and challenges, Gaps, Barriers that standardization will help/contribute to solve and overcome.
Primary priority is to ensure interoperability and compatibility of swappable systems among different EVs and between EVs and swapping stations for users and logistics.
The new Battery Regulation is one of the driving pieces of legislation.With this roadmap, STAN4SWAP intends to be part of the EU standardization work program for next years and to impulse a significant signal to all value chain stakeholders. It is aimed at contributing to branding EU standards and promoting their adoption at global level (ISO and IEC). The deployment of this robust standardization roadmap is an essential step towards coherent, complementary and efficient development of standards in support of sustainable cities.
As general impact, this standardization roadmap will be a driver to meet the Green Deal and Fit for 55 goals in line with the EU regulatory framework and boost the excellence of Europe and its contribution to global committments (Paris agreement).
The work plan is organized in work packages:
WP2: Technical & Market State of the art
WP3: Regulatory & Standardization state of the art
WP4: Needs: Swappable Battery System Deployment for L-cat vehicles
WP5: Needs: Development towards PNR (Pre-Normative Research)
WP6: Standardization gaps
WP7: EU Standardization roadmap for swappable battery systems for L-cat vhc
Two holistic/cross WPs sequences:
- WP1: coordination and management of STAN4SWAP
- WP8: communication, dissemination, education and training activities
The partnership covers the whole expertise and knowledge along the full value chain of Swappable Battery System for L-cat EVs, with specific RD&I activities and cooperation. Development is in line with the time plan of activities and its milestones.
The work performed fully align with the action plan from the Grant Agreement, with all activities implemented on time.
WP1 has been completed with final deliverables D1.1 D1.2 D1.3 D1.4 and D1.5.
WP2 has been completed with a final deliverable D2.1.
WP3 has been completed with a final deliverable D3.1.
WP4 has been completed with a final deliverable D4.1.
WP5 has been completed with a final deliverable D5.1.
WP6 has been completed with a final deliverable D6.1.
WP7 has been completed with a final deliverable D7.1.
WP8 has been completed with final deliverables D8.1 D8.2 D8.3 D8.4 D8.5 D8.6 and D8.7.
WP2: Technical & Market State of the art
WP3: Regulatory & Standardization state of the art
WP4: Needs: Swappable Battery System Deployment for L-cat vehicles
WP5: Needs: Development towards PNR (Pre-Normative Research)
WP6: Standardization gaps
WP7: EU Standardization roadmap for swappable battery systems for L-cat vhc
Two holistic/cross WPs sequences:
- WP1: coordination and management of STAN4SWAP
- WP8: communication, dissemination, education and training activities
The partnership covers the whole expertise and knowledge along the full value chain of Swappable Battery System for L-cat EVs, with specific RD&I activities and cooperation. Development is in line with the time plan of activities and its milestones.
The work performed fully align with the action plan from the Grant Agreement, with all activities implemented on time.
WP1 has been completed with final deliverables D1.1 D1.2 D1.3 D1.4 and D1.5.
WP2 has been completed with a final deliverable D2.1.
WP3 has been completed with a final deliverable D3.1.
WP4 has been completed with a final deliverable D4.1.
WP5 has been completed with a final deliverable D5.1.
WP6 has been completed with a final deliverable D6.1.
WP7 has been completed with a final deliverable D7.1.
WP8 has been completed with final deliverables D8.1 D8.2 D8.3 D8.4 D8.5 D8.6 and D8.7.
The work in STAN4SWAP is now feeding the standardization activities, started at ISO level (ISO TC 22 SC38 Motorcycles and mopeds and its WG2 about Electric mopeds and motorcycles) in Apr 2024. Related activities are considering general and safety requirements for interoperability and compatibility for L-cat EVs with swappable batteries systems. This was not expected nor under discussion when STAN4SWAP initiated.
While this initial step at ISO level will contribute to alignment about needs towards interoperability and compatibility, STAN4SWAP elaborated a complete standardization roadmap that aims at boosting the development of this sector. This highlights the significance of STAN4SWAP in today context about decarbonizing mobility, especially at the urban level.
In addition, STAN4SWAP initiated, at CEN level, the development of a Technical Specification document in CEN TC 301 WG19, started in July 2025. The TS is intended to be published by early Quarter 3 of 2026. Finally, following a STAN4SWAP recommendation, an initiative about a possible CWA development for swappable charging station has been considered at SBMC, the Swappable Battery Motorcycle Consortium, advisory board member of STAN4SWAP.
Engagement of all categories of stakeholders from the whole swappable batteries system value chain, with common objectives towards developing standards in support of safe & secure, interoperable and compatible swappable systems, for a rapid deployment of decarbonized mobility solution and freedom of choice of consumers regarding L-cat of vehicles brands and models, is definitely beyond state of the art, including when considering partners of the project that are ready to reconsider their existing products.
While this initial step at ISO level will contribute to alignment about needs towards interoperability and compatibility, STAN4SWAP elaborated a complete standardization roadmap that aims at boosting the development of this sector. This highlights the significance of STAN4SWAP in today context about decarbonizing mobility, especially at the urban level.
In addition, STAN4SWAP initiated, at CEN level, the development of a Technical Specification document in CEN TC 301 WG19, started in July 2025. The TS is intended to be published by early Quarter 3 of 2026. Finally, following a STAN4SWAP recommendation, an initiative about a possible CWA development for swappable charging station has been considered at SBMC, the Swappable Battery Motorcycle Consortium, advisory board member of STAN4SWAP.
Engagement of all categories of stakeholders from the whole swappable batteries system value chain, with common objectives towards developing standards in support of safe & secure, interoperable and compatible swappable systems, for a rapid deployment of decarbonized mobility solution and freedom of choice of consumers regarding L-cat of vehicles brands and models, is definitely beyond state of the art, including when considering partners of the project that are ready to reconsider their existing products.