KATHMANDU: Chinese automaker Geely has claimed that its Galaxy E5 electric vehicle has successfully completed a safety test in which its ‘Aegis Gold Brick Battery’ withstood the crushing weight of a 36-ton tank.
According to the company, the test simulated extreme external impact, subjecting the battery to 1.8 times more pressure than required by China’s newly updated national battery safety standards.
Despite repeated compression under the tank’s tracks, the battery pack and its individual cells showed no signs of fire, explosion, leakage or structural damage. Professional inspections confirmed the battery maintained its integrity and exceeded the newly introduced safety benchmarks, it added.
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently issued revised EV battery safety standards, which include more rigorous assessments for thermal runaway protection, rapid charging and bottom impact resistance.
The Aegis Gold Brick Battery has already received full certification under these new standards, making it one of the first in the industry to do so, Geely said. According to the company, the battery undergoes 36 internal safety tests—23 of which go beyond the national requirements. Geely has also adopted the new bottom impact test into its internal protocols and plans to open its battery safety patents to the wider industry.
This advanced battery is used in Proton eMAS 7, the rebadged Malaysian variant of Galaxy E5, currently available in Nepal. Jagdamba Motors, the official distributor of Proton, launched the electric SUV in Nepal in March.
