IEC 62485-3:20 14适用于用于电动车辆的二次电池和电池装置，例如电动工业卡车（包括叉车、拖车、清洁机、自动导引车）、电池供电的机车、电动车辆（例如货车、高尔夫球车、自行车、轮椅），并且不涵盖此类车辆的设计。它提供了与电池的安装、使用、检查、维护和处置相关的安全方面的要求。 与上一版相比，此版本包括以下重大技术变更: a)对第6条的全面修订，提出了电池充电期间所需通风气流计算的统一和变更公式； b)在第9条中增加了对地板材料和电池更换设备性能的要求。

IEC 62485-3:2014 applies to secondary batteries and battery installations used for electric vehicles, e.g. in electric industrial trucks (including lift trucks, tow trucks, cleaning machines, automatic guided vehicles), in battery powered locomotives, in electric vehicles (e.g. goods vehicles, golf carts, bicycles, wheelchairs), and does not cover the design of such vehicles. It provides requirements on safety aspects associated with the installation, use, inspection, maintenance and disposal of batteries. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) a comprehensive revision of Clause 6, presenting a unified and changed formula for the calculation of the required ventilation air flow during battery charging;
b) addition of requirements for properties of floor material and battery changing equipment in Clause 9.