Battery
Cell identity and operating context set the baseline.
INDIA · BATTERY INTELLIGENCE & CIRCULARITY CENTRE
Every battery,understood.
We’re building the testing and AI platform that turns battery data into decisions about health, safety, second-life value and recovery.
LFP FIRST · PHYSICS-INFORMED · BUILT FOR INDIA
FIG 01 / BATTERY DATA → CIRCULAR VALUE
One battery · one evolving record
Scroll to exploreDesigned for the next phaseCapability targets for the centre in development. These are design intentions, not operating results.
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05Battery intelligence
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10µHz–1MHzTarget EIS measurement
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01 / Why BICC
A battery is more than its last reading.
Battery health is hard to see from a single dashboard or test. The evidence is scattered across impedance, cycling, temperature, operating history and manufacturing data.
BICC is building a centre that brings those signals together—so each battery can be assessed for what comes next, with the reasoning and record to support the decision.
Starting with LFP cells. Designed around Indian operating conditions and customer use cases.
02 / The intelligence loop
From raw signals to a clear next step.
The centre is designed to connect how cells age with how they fail, then make the resulting intelligence useful across the battery lifecycle.
Three signal streams
One time-synchronised view of condition and behaviour.
Battery DNA
Joined data becomes a traceable cell-level signature.
Intelligence score
Health, remaining life, safety and value in context.
Right next life
Evidence to guide reuse, recovery or continued service.
CONCEPTUAL SYSTEM DESIGN · MODEL OUTPUTS DEPEND ON VALIDATION DATA AND INTENDED USE
03 / What we’re building
A connected offer.
Testing is the beginning. The lasting value comes from turning evidence into decisions that travel with every battery.
Characterise
Measure how cells respond across impedance, cycling and environmental conditions.
Testing services · plannedPredict
Estimate state of health, remaining useful life and emerging risk from joined signals.
AI models · in developmentCertify
Build a documented, evidence-led view of battery condition and provenance.
Score & passport · plannedReuse
Match battery capability and residual life to a suitable second-life application.
Second-life ecosystem · exploredRecover
Support sorting, compliance traceability and end-of-life route decisions.
Recycling intelligence · later phase04 / A record that travels
Meet the battery passport.
A digital identity designed to bring a battery’s history and condition into one legible record—from first use to its next destination.
- 01 State of health
- 02 Remaining useful life
- 03 Safety risk
- 04 Second-life suitability
- 05 Residual value
- 06 Recycling route
- 07 Material potential
BICC / PASSPORT
INTERFACE CONCEPTBattery identityBC–LFP–000000
SOH— %
RUL— cycles
SafetyNot assessed
EIS fingerprint
Awaiting test data
History linked · pendingIllustrative interface
Example interface only
No battery data shown
No battery data shown
05 / Services & labs
Designed as one system.
Seven planned zones connect degradation evidence, safety behaviour and intelligence. The Phase 1 lab is not yet commissioned.
ZONE AMeasure
Characterisation & EIS
Impedance signatures, interfaces and cell-to-cell variation.
Four-terminal target10µHz–1MHz*
ZONE BAge
Cell & module cycling
Capacity, life, pulse performance and fast-charge studies.
Cell level firstModules planned
ZONE CCondition
Thermal & environment
Temperature, humidity and thermal shock under controlled conditions.
Environmental designInterlocked
ZONE DStress
Mechanical abuse
Impact, vibration, crush and enclosure integrity in isolated space.
Remote operationPlanned zone
ZONE EStress
Electrical abuse
Overcharge, short circuit, overcurrent and BMS failure modes.
Safety-led setupPlanned zone
ZONE FObserve
Thermal runaway
Multi-modal failure data including gas, thermal, video and acoustic.
Later expansionHigh hazard
ZONE GIntelligence
Data, AI & intelligence
One timestamped record connecting test, cell, condition and calibration.
Data lakePlatform core
A–F → GIntegration
Time-synced architecture
Consistent IDs and test context support analysis across every stream.
Battery · cell · testDesign intent
* EIS window is a target specification. Zone capabilities and safety infrastructure remain subject to engineering, commissioning and validation.
06 / Platform & models
Look inside the signal.
BICC’s planned models bring electrochemical insight together with measured behaviour. Their performance will depend on validation across suitable data and use cases.
State of health
Health estimate from impedance, cycling, temperature and history.
Remaining useful life
Remaining cycles to a defined threshold, with operating context.
EIS fingerprint
Degradation progression and early-failure signatures.
Abuse risk
Risk indicators informed by chemistry, condition and charging.
Second-life value
Suitability and residual value for a defined next application.
METHOD NOTE · Physics-informed design aims to encode degradation mechanisms rather than treat a cell as a black box. Model outputs are not yet validated products.
07 / Who it is for
Useful wherever batteries move.
Independent, explainable battery intelligence can help teams make better decisions at each hand-off.
Fleet operators & EV OEMs
Battery health, residual value and a traceable record to support fleet planning and EPR workflows.
Pilot conversations welcomeInsurers & NBFCs
Evidence to assess battery risk and value when financing EVs and storage assets.
Use case under explorationBESS & second-life teams
Grading and remaining-life evidence to match retired batteries with stationary use.
Ecosystem in formationRecyclers & refurbishers
Chemistry, condition and sorting intelligence to guide end-of-life decisions.
Later-phase explorationCell & pack makers
Characterisation and failure-behaviour data for quality and product development.
Testing capability plannedResearch & standards
Collaboration on methods, validation data and battery-life understanding.
Collaboration program forming08 / Roadmap
Earn the next capability.
A phased build lets the data and customer use cases shape the centre as it grows.
Build the core
Start with cell-level data and a useful first intelligence layer.
- Cell cycling and EIS
- Environmental chambers
- Electrical abuse & thermal imaging
- Battery data platform
- Initial SOH / RUL models
Expand with evidence
Add higher-complexity capability as validation and demand develop.
- Module and pack testing
- Vibration, shock and crush
- Thermal-runaway facility
- Gas analysis & advanced imaging
- Second-life grading line
Close the loop
Connect the intelligence layer with circular services and materials.
- Integrated circularity centre
- Passport across battery life
- Recovery-route intelligence
- Materials platform exploration
- Mobile lab under study
This is a public design roadmap. Timelines, commissioning and final capability are subject to validation, investment and customer demand.
09 / Standards & quality
Designed with the right frameworks in view.
The lab design is intended to map relevant test and quality frameworks to customer use cases. That is a design basis—not a claim of accreditation, certification or compliance.
Design frameworkSubject to scope & validation
IEC 62619IEC 62620IEC 62660UL 2580UL 1973UL 9540 / 9540ASAE J2464SAE J2929UN 38.3BIS IS 16046AIS 038AIS 156ISO 14001EU Battery Passport
BICC has not claimed NABL accreditation, ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, BIS or AIS approval, or third-party certification.
Partners & collaboration
We’re building the research and industry relationships behind a trusted battery-data ecosystem. Confirmed partner announcements will appear here as they are ready.
Explore collaboration10 / Field notes
Ideas in progress.
Methods, explainers and research notes will be shared as the work develops.
Reading a battery through impedance
How EIS can surface cell behaviour that a single health percentage cannot.
What does remaining useful life mean?
Why useful life is about cycles to a defined threshold, not just today’s capacity.
From lab test to battery passport
A look at the data architecture being designed for a traceable battery record.
11 / Start a conversation
Let’s shape a pilot.
Bring us a battery question, a use case or a research challenge. We’re speaking with teams who want to help define what useful battery intelligence should look like.
Request a pilot