On February 18, 2027, the product passport will become mandatory for all batteries with a capacity of more than 2 kWh that are placed on the market in the EU. This also applies to electric vehicles. The passport documents the entire life cycle of an energy storage device up to recycling. The so-called state of health indicates the nominal capacity as a percentage. This makes the product passport an important document in the used car market for electric vehicles. In addition, the passport also documents material composition, carbon footprint, capacity, and manufacturing data to determine sustainability, recyclability, and residual value.
The Magenta Digital Product Passport makes it quick and easy to introduce a product passport. It consists of two offerings: “Magenta DPP Basic Compliance” covers all legal requirements – from creating and managing the product passport to secure storage, data exchange with partners and authorities, and retrieval of passport data with a QR code. The smallest package costs €1,499 net per month for up to 5,000 newly issued battery passports per year.
The “Magenta DPP Enterprise” offering also provides a toolkit for additional services. These include:
