Electric and hybrid electric vehicles contain many types of battery systems. Adequate barriers between occupants and battery systems are necessary to provide protection from potentially harmful factors and materials within the battery system, which can cause injury to occupants of the vehicle during different crash scenarios. This SAE recommended Practice is applicable to all electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle battery designs including those in SAE J1797. The potentially harmful factors and materials include electrical isolation integrity, electrolyte spillage and liquid interactions, and retention of the battery system. The purpose of this document is to define test methods and performance criteria which evaluate battery system spillage, battery retention, and electrical system isolation in electric and hybrid electric vehicles during specified crash tests.
SAE J1766-1998 history
2014SAE J1766-2014 Recommended Practice for Electric, Fuel Cell and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Crash Integrity Testing
2005SAE J1766-2005 Recommended Practice for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Battery Systems Crash Integrity Testing
1998SAE J1766-1998 (R) Recommended Practice for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Battery Systems Crash Integrity Testing
1996SAE J1766-1996 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY SYSTEMS CRASH INTEGRITY TESTING