TN2317 Iss 1

The technical note aims to inform the industry on adequate design considerations for crashworthiness and fire barrier considerations to minimise the potential impact from thermal runaway fire and off-gassing risks of lithium-ion batteries.   

This technical note supports the industry with information on the use of lithium-ion traction batteries on rail vehicles in advance of RIS-2781-RST issue one Engineering Design of Vehicles with Traction Batteries and their Dedicated Charging Systems and GOGN3681 issue one Operation of Vehicles with Traction Batteries being published.

It is applicable to: 

• Plant operators
• Plant manufacturers
• Railway undertakings (RUs)
• Entities in charge of maintenance (ECMs)
• Vehicle manufactures
• Infrastructure managers (IMs)
• Project entities 
• Approvals bodies