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NORTHBROOK, Ill., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

  --UL Solutions launches its latest Battery Enclosure Material Screening

    service offering, Torch and Grit, designed to provide a standardized

    approach for electric vehicle material suppliers and end-users.

UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, today announced its

new test method for electric vehicle (EV) battery enclosure material screening,

Torch and Grit (TaG). Battery enclosures, and the material they are made from,

play a critical role in electric vehicle safety. The TaG test method

incorporates small-scale testing that helps predict material performance in a

thermal runaway event.

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EV batteries typically cover the entire base of a vehicle. Materials used to

house these batteries must withstand thermal runaway stresses. TaG simulates

high temperatures and mechanical impact stresses in a battery thermal runaway

event to rank materials for battery enclosures.

As the automotive industry looks to decrease the weight of many components,

original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are increasingly changing battery

enclosure materials to plastics and composites. OEMs must choose an appropriate

enclosure material before building a costly prototype to minimize expenses and

avoid potential safety concerns. By ranking materials, TaG can reduce the

number of materials needed to undergo large-scale prototyping and validation

tests, which can be costly and time-consuming for OEMs.

UL 2596, Test Method for Thermal and Mechanical Performance of Battery

Enclosure Materials, standardizes test methods for evaluating EV battery

enclosure materials. The TaG test method is estimated to be published as an

addition to UL 2596 in 2023.

About UL Solutions

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety,

security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more

than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification

services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support

our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Certification

Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and

reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our

customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets

and complex supply chains and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future.

Our science is your advantage.

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