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Main Authors: Bilfinger, Philip, Schreiber, Markus, Rosner, Philipp, Gamra, Kareem Abo, Schöberl, Jan, Grosu, Cristina, Lienkamp, Markus
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15517
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author Bilfinger, Philip
Schreiber, Markus
Rosner, Philipp
Gamra, Kareem Abo
Schöberl, Jan
Grosu, Cristina
Lienkamp, Markus
author_facet Bilfinger, Philip
Schreiber, Markus
Rosner, Philipp
Gamra, Kareem Abo
Schöberl, Jan
Grosu, Cristina
Lienkamp, Markus
contents Range and performance are key customer-relevant properties of electric vehicles. Both degrade over time due to battery aging, thus impacting business decisions throughout a vehicle's lifecycle, such as efficient utilization and asset valuation. For practical assessment, aging is often simplified into a single figure of merit - the state of health - typically defined by the battery pack's remaining capacity or energy. However, no standardized method for measuring the state of health at the vehicle level has been established, leaving both academia and industry without a clear consensus. Ultimately, standardization is crucial to increase transparency and build confidence in the long-term reliability of electric vehicles' battery packs. In this article, we propose a standard measurement procedure for assessing the capacity- and energy-based state of health, leveraging onboard charging to enable reproducibility and scalability. Additionally, we demonstrate how differential voltage analysis can provide deeper insights into battery aging at the vehicle level.
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spellingShingle Why we need a standardized state of health definition for electric vehicle battery packs -- a proposal for energy- and capacity-based metrics
Bilfinger, Philip
Schreiber, Markus
Rosner, Philipp
Gamra, Kareem Abo
Schöberl, Jan
Grosu, Cristina
Lienkamp, Markus
Systems and Control
Range and performance are key customer-relevant properties of electric vehicles. Both degrade over time due to battery aging, thus impacting business decisions throughout a vehicle's lifecycle, such as efficient utilization and asset valuation. For practical assessment, aging is often simplified into a single figure of merit - the state of health - typically defined by the battery pack's remaining capacity or energy. However, no standardized method for measuring the state of health at the vehicle level has been established, leaving both academia and industry without a clear consensus. Ultimately, standardization is crucial to increase transparency and build confidence in the long-term reliability of electric vehicles' battery packs. In this article, we propose a standard measurement procedure for assessing the capacity- and energy-based state of health, leveraging onboard charging to enable reproducibility and scalability. Additionally, we demonstrate how differential voltage analysis can provide deeper insights into battery aging at the vehicle level.
title Why we need a standardized state of health definition for electric vehicle battery packs -- a proposal for energy- and capacity-based metrics
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15517