Recently, the Office of Energy-Saving and New Energy Automotive of the 863 Program held the “Symposium on Strategic Development of Vehicle Power Battery” in Beijing.

The participants discussed important technical issues, such as the uniformity of batteries and the reliability of the battery management system, as well as the technical difficulties present in the R&D of power battery, the key technologies to be developed, future research thinking and the requirements on the materials of the batteries.   

The participants also discussed the revised version of the 2007 Specifications for the Testing of Vehicle Power Batteries and determined initially the plan and time for the sample testing of vehicle power batteries in 2007.