IEC 60254的本部分适用于用作电力推进电源的铅酸牵引电池。 定义的测试与所有牵引蓄电池应用相关，包括道路车辆、机车、工业卡车和机械搬运设备。可在替代标准（如IEC 61982-2）中找到专门用于测试为轻型乘用车、摩托车、轻型商用车等车辆开发的蓄电池的试验。 本标准的目的是规定动力电池或单体电池的某些基本特性，以及这些特性的相关试验方法。

This part of IEC 60254 is applicable to lead acid traction batteries used as power sources for electric propulsion. The tests defined are relevant to all traction battery applications which include road vehicles, locomotives, industrial trucks and mechanical handling equipments. Tests which may be used specifically to test batteries developed for use in vehicles such as light passenger vehicles, motor cycles, light commercial vehicles, etc. may be found in alternative standards e.g. IEC 61982-2. The object of this standard is to specify certain essential characteristics of traction batteries or cells, together with the relevant test methods of those characteristics.