A controlled lifecycle-state field showing where an individual battery item sits in use, second life, repair, waste, or recycling workflows.
Battery status describes the lifecycle condition assigned to a battery item, such as whether it is in use, repaired, repurposed, remanufactured, waste, or prepared for recycling. The field helps passport data remain meaningful as batteries move through use, second life, repair, recycling, and end-of-life pathways, and it should remain separate from diagnostic metrics such as state of health and state of charge.
Battery status is the current lifecycle and regulatory state of an individual battery item. It indicates where the asset sits in the circular loop, such as in use, repaired, repurposed, remanufactured, waste, or prepared for recycling, and it is not the same as state of health or state of charge.
In digital passport and traceability systems, battery status is a controlled lifecycle-state field that tracks the high-level operational, legal, and circular condition of a specific battery item over time. It is not the immediate electrical configuration of the asset. Instead, it records the item’s current handling or lifecycle state and should be supported by evidence, events, responsible actors, and timestamps so users can understand why the status changed.
Battery status is often confused with diagnostic or telemetry fields. State of charge describes the immediate energy level in the battery. State of health describes degradation or remaining capacity relative to an expected baseline. Battery status describes the lifecycle or handling state of the item. SoH or SoC can inform a status decision, but they are not the same field. A separate status model is also needed to distinguish re-use, repurposing, remanufacturing, waste handling, and preparation for recycling instead of collapsing circular-economy terms into one vague second-life label.
Battery status draws on several EU Battery Regulation concepts rather than one universal legal definition. DIN DKE SPEC 99100 Section 3.13 uses battery status as battery-passport implementation context rather than a public verbatim definition, helping teams model lifecycle-state options in passport data. Article 77 and Annex XIII make lifecycle and use-derived information relevant to the passport, while terms such as waste battery, repurposing, remanufacturing, preparation for re-use, preparation for recycling, state of health, and state of charge influence how status should be interpreted in circularity workflows.
Implementation teams should model battery status as a controlled state machine linked to evidence, responsible actors, timestamps, and access permissions. A status change such as repaired, remanufactured, repurposed, waste, or prepared for recycling should point to an event log, diagnostic evidence where relevant, and the operator or facility credential behind the change. Access permissions may also change when a battery moves into second-life or recycling workflows, so the system should preserve who changed the status, when it changed, and what evidence supports the transition.
These entries are non-verbatim context summaries. They are not presented as public legal definitions.
DIN DKE SPEC 99100:2025-02 — Requirements for data attributes of the battery passport
DIN DKE SPEC 99100 uses battery status as non-verbatim implementation context for describing lifecycle-state options in battery-passport data.
Non-verbatim implementation-context summary only; not a verbatim DIN definition. DIN DKE SPEC 99100 is a copyrighted standard, so this page uses it as implementation context rather than republishing the standard text.
Reference: Section 3.13
In implementation, status should be captured as a controlled lifecycle-state field and supported by evidence about what actually happened to the battery, not only by a label selected from a dropdown. A status change should connect to the relevant event, actor, diagnostic evidence, repair record, repurposing decision, waste handover, or recycling preparation record.
Battery status looks like a simple label, but it can trigger different resale, second-life, repair, recycling, or waste-management decisions. A useful status field must be backed by traceable events, evidence, and timestamps, as well as responsible actors and permissions, so that users know whether the label reflects inspection, operation, ownership, repair, repurposing, or end-of-life handling.
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