Vehicle, lithium ion battery powered (UN 3556) — battery >100 Wh
For Vehicle, lithium ion battery powered (UN 3556), item category is Vehicle, lithium ion battery powered (UN 3556) — battery >100 Wh; carrier is IATA air transport; restriction type is restricted; scope is air transport; conditions is Starting January 1, 2026, must be offered for transport at a state of charge not exceeding 30% or an indicated battery capacity not exceeding 25%, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.
- Item category
- Vehicle, lithium ion battery powered (UN 3556) — battery >100 Wh
- Carrier
- IATA air transport our reading
- Restriction type
- restricted our reading
- Scope
- air transport our reading
- Conditions
- Starting January 1, 2026, must be offered for transport at a state of charge not exceeding 30% or an indicated battery capacity not exceeding 25%.
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Starting January 1, 2026 , shipments of the following must be offered for transport at a state of charge not exceeding 30% of their rated design capacity or an indicated battery capacity not exceeding 25%: UN 3556, Vehicle, lithium ion battery powered where the battery has a Watt-hour rating greater than 100 Wh.
— lion.com, retrieved 2026-08-04
Source
- lion.comhttps://www.lion.com/lion-news/october-2024/lithium-battery-30-state-of-charge-recommendations-for-2025