Electric vehicle batteries
Traction batteries for cars, vans, trucks and buses, regardless of capacity.
Passport requiredRegulation (EU) 2023/1542 · Art. 77
The EU Battery Passport, live before the deadline.
From 18 February 2027 every EV, light-transport and industrial battery above 2 kWh placed on the EU market needs a digital passport behind a QR code. Volt Passport turns your battery data into compliant, published passports, and keeps them current for the battery's whole life.
- 100
- days until the passport duty applies
- 3
- access tiers, as Annex XIII defines them
- EU
- hosted in Frankfurt, data never leaves the EU
Battery passport · sample data
Volta HomeStore 10
Anyone who scans the QR code
- Manufacturer Volta Cells S.p.A., Torino
- Category · chemistry Industrial · LFP
- Rated energy 10.2 kWh · 51.2 V
- Carbon footprint 61.3 kg CO₂e/kWh · A
- Dismantling manual PDF · 2.1 MB
- Detailed composition LFP · 16s2p cells
- Test reports IEC 62620 · 2 docs
- State of health live 98 %
Who needs a passport
Mandatory from 18 February 2027
The battery passport is the EU's first Digital Product Passport. Whoever first places the battery on the EU market is responsible: manufacturers, importers and own brands alike.
Light means of transport
E-bikes, e-scooters and e-mopeds, regardless of capacity.
Passport requiredIndustrial batteries > 2 kWh
Home and grid storage, forklifts, machinery and other industrial packs above 2 kWh.
Passport requiredPortable & SLI batteries
Consumer cells and starter batteries need no passport, only the other labelling duties.
No passport 01
One passport per battery
Not per model: every pack placed on the market needs its own identifier, QR code and passport page.
02
Data from many sources
Chemistry, materials, carbon footprint and recycled content sit with cell suppliers, ERP and test labs.
03
It does not end at sale
State of health, status changes, repurposing and recycling keep the passport alive for 10+ years.
The platform Everything the passport needs.
Everything the passport needs.
Nothing you have to build.
Volt Passport covers the whole duty, from the first data point to the recycled battery, and plugs into the systems your data already lives in.
Required by law Annex XIII data, QR code, access tiers
+ Volt Passport Checks, automation, live data, lifecycle
= Result An audit-ready passport for every battery
Models once, batteries at scale
Enter model data once; each battery only adds its own serial-level data and inherits the rest. Import thousands of serials through the API or bulk upload.
Annex XIII completeness check
Validation against a JSON Schema generated from the BatteryPass-Ready data model, per category. You see exactly what is missing before you publish.
QR codes on GS1 Digital Link
Every battery gets a unique, permanent identifier and a QR code that opens its passport on any phone, no app and no login.
Three access tiers built in
Public, legitimate interest and authority views from one record. Fields without a tier stay hidden by default; repairers and recyclers request access in one click.
Live battery data
State of health, cycles and status updates arrive by API and appear on the passport immediately, without republishing the static data.
Lifecycle & handover
Repurposed or remanufactured batteries get a successor passport linked to the original; ownership moves to the next operator in a single handover.
Document vault
Declarations of conformity, manuals and test reports, virus-scanned on upload and shown only to the tier that may see them.
Immutable versions & audit log
Every publication is a frozen version with a SHA-256 fingerprint; every change records who changed which data point, and when.
How it works
From spreadsheet to published passport in days, not months
No IT project to start: begin in the browser, and connect your systems when the volumes grow.
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Describe the model
One form per battery model, structured by the Annex XIII data groups, with the mandatory fields for its category.
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Add your batteries
Serial numbers one by one, by bulk import or straight from your ERP or MES over the REST API.
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Check & publish
The completeness check shows what is missing. Publishing freezes a fingerprinted version and makes the passport live.
- 04
Put the QR on the battery
Download print-ready QR labels. Scans open the passport, with more data for the people allowed to see it.
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Keep it alive
Stream state-of-health readings, update the status, hand over to the next operator, start a second life.
Lifecycle
One battery, one unbroken history
When a battery is repurposed or remanufactured, its passport gets a successor that links back to the original. Ownership passes to the next operator without losing a single version.
- Original Placed on the market
- In use Live state of health
- Repurposed Successor passport
- Recycled Passport closed
Security & trust
A passport has to outlive the battery. So does trust in it.
Authorities, recyclers and your customers rely on what the QR code shows. Volt Passport is engineered for that, with the controls of an enterprise platform from day one.
Frankfurt · eu-central-1 GDPR OWASP ASVS 5.0 L2 SHA-256 versions
EU-only hosting
Runs on AWS in Frankfurt (eu-central-1). No CDN edge outside the EU, no cross-region copies.
Tenant isolation in the database
Row-level security on every table: one company can never read another company’s data, even through a bug in the application.
Single sign-on & MFA
OpenID Connect sign-in with two-factor authentication for administrators, and scoped API clients for your systems.
Tamper-evident history
Published versions and the audit log are insert-only. Each version carries a SHA-256 fingerprint over canonical JSON.
Built against OWASP ASVS L2
Threat-modelled (STRIDE), scanned in CI for vulnerabilities and secrets, every upload checked for malware.
GDPR by design
Passport data is product data. Personal data stays minimal, with a data processing agreement for every customer.
Pricing
Simple plans. No setup fee.
Pay monthly, or yearly with two months free. Every passport stays online until the battery is recycled.
Pilot
Free
Try the full flow with one model. Passports carry a test-data notice.
- 1 battery model
- 10 passports / year
Upgrade any time, your passports move with you.
Start a pilotStarter
€58 / month
€690 billed yearly
from €1.38 per passport
Everything for your first real passports: checks, QR codes, access tiers, documents.
- 5 battery models
- 500 passports / year
Beyond that €0.25 per passport, one-off.
Choose StarterBusiness
€149 / month
€1,790 billed yearly
from €0.36 per passport
Plus the REST API, live battery data and API clients for your ERP or MES.
- 20 battery models
- 5,000 passports / year
Beyond that €0.10 per passport, one-off.
Choose BusinessScale
€358 / month
€4,290 billed yearly
from €0.17 per passport
Unlimited models and large volumes, with priority support.
- Unlimited battery models
- 25,000 passports / year
Beyond that €0.05 per passport, one-off.
Choose ScaleMore than 50,000 passports a year, guided onboarding or an SLA? Enterprise pricing →
Plan finder
Which plan fits you?
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| Feature | Pilot | Starter | Business | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR code & public passport page | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Annex XIII completeness check | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Three access tiers & access requests | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Versions, fingerprints & audit log | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Document vault | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Bulk import | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Successor passports & handovers | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| REST API & API clients | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Live data (state of health, status) | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Priority support | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
FAQ
Questions about the battery passport
Anything missing? Ask us directly, we answer within one working day.
Which batteries need a battery passport?
From 18 February 2027: electric vehicle batteries, light means of transport batteries (e-bikes, e-scooters) and industrial batteries with a capacity above 2 kWh, placed on the EU market or put into service. Portable and SLI (starter) batteries do not need one.
Who is responsible for the passport?
The economic operator that places the battery on the market: usually the manufacturer, but also an importer or a brand selling under its own name. After repurposing or remanufacturing, the operator that does it becomes responsible for the new passport.
Is the battery passport a Digital Product Passport (DPP)?
Yes. It is the first DPP the EU makes mandatory, under the Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, Art. 77 and Annex XIII. Further product groups follow under the Ecodesign Regulation (ESPR).
Do I need a passport for every single battery?
Yes, every individual battery has its own unique identifier and passport. In Volt Passport you enter the model data once; each battery only adds what differs, such as its serial number and production date.
Is all passport data public?
No. Annex XIII defines three levels: data for everyone, data for persons with a legitimate interest (such as repairers, second-life operators and recyclers) and data for notified bodies, market surveillance authorities and the Commission. Volt Passport serves each audience only its level.
Where does the data come from?
Enter it in the browser, upload it in bulk, or send it from your ERP, PLM or MES over the REST API. Live values such as state of health can be pushed by your battery management or telematics systems.
Where is the data stored?
In the EU only: on AWS in Frankfurt (eu-central-1), with no copies outside the EU. Each customer’s data is isolated at database level.
What happens to published passports if we cancel?
A passport must remain available for the life of the battery. Published passports stay reachable read-only, and you can export all your data at any time.
Get ready
See your first battery passport live in 30 minutes.
Bring one of your battery models. We walk you through the full cycle, from data entry to the QR scan on your phone, and answer your questions about Annex XIII.
- No IT project to start
- Hosted in the EU
- No login needed to scan a passport