Global Automotive Battery Nail Safety System Market to Reach USD 2.46 Billion by 2031 with 15.8% CAGR, Led by H&T Battery Components and BYD

According to the newly released report "Global Automotive Battery Nail Safety System Market Outlook, In-Depth Analysis & Forecast to 2031" by QYResearch, the global market is projected to grow from USD 895 million in 2024 to USD 2.465 billion by 2031, registering a robust CAGR of 15.8% during the forecast period 2025-2031. This growth is fueled by accelerating demand for EV safety, innovations in cell design, and regulatory pressures focused on thermal runaway mitigation.
Company List
H&T Battery Components
IntriPlex
SICK
BYD
Cisco
Samsung
OsecoElfab
Phoenix Contact
CATL
Five leading company product profiles
H&T Battery Components
• Product: Precision lithium-ion battery can with integrated structural vents and stamping reinforcement for enhanced puncture resistance
• Specs & Features: Stamped parts with micron-level precision, leak-proof end caps, specialty venting options; used in cylindrical cells like 2170, 4680, 4695, 46120
• Performance Data: Designed to tolerate mechanical intrusion such as nail penetration while maintaining cell integrity and preventing electrolyte leakage
• Manufacturing Scale: Over 12 billion cans produced annually globally; deep-drawn processes ensure consistent quality and safety
BYD
• Product: Blade Battery (Cell to Pack LFP battery)
• Safety Performance: Passed nail-penetration test with no smoke, no fire; surface temperature stayed between 30 60 °C even at 100% state-of-charge
• Additional Abuse Tests: Survived crushing, bending, oven heating to 300 °C, and 260% overcharge without explosion or flame
• Design Advantages: Long, flat cell design improves space utilization (~50% higher), enhanced rigidity, energy density, and lifespan
Samsung (Samsung SDI)
• Product: Safety Battery (SB) model with multi-layered physical force protection
• Core Attributes: Employs reinforced layers and optimized materials to resist mechanical deformation; includes safety protocols in cell management
• Testing & Assurance: Part of Samsung SDI's updated safety measures to mitigate damage under stress, including nail impact scenarios
CATL
• Product: Naxtra 24 V Integrated Start Stop Battery (Dual Power architecture)
• Durability Stats: Designed for heavy-duty truck use; >8 years service life, lifecycle cost reduction by 61% versus lead-acid batteries
• Safety Features: Dual thermal runaway protection, dual structure, robust discharge behavior even at -40 °C; built redundancies reduce overheating risk under abuse
• Regulatory Milestone: CATL was the first to meet China's 2025 "No Fire, No Explosion" safety standard (GB 38031 2025) for batteries under extreme internal fault tests
Phoenix Contact
• Product: TÜV certified safety relay modules and safety I/O systems
• Safety Role: Integrated into battery-management and monitoring systems to detect and respond to abnormal thermal or mechanical events
• Key Features: Force-guided contacts, SIL-certification, compact form factors (down to 6 mm width), configurable modules for emergency shutdown and early warning systems
• Use Case: Often embedded in downstream OEM battery pack architectures to enable safe isolation during intrusion or thermal events
Application Segments
Passenger Car
Commercial Car
Product Type Segments
Copper Foil Protection
Aluminum Foil Protection
Others
Latest Market Data (2025 Update)
• 2024 Market Value: USD 895 million
• Forecast for 2031: USD 2.465 billion
• CAGR (2025-2031): 15.8%
• Leading Company in 2024: H&T Battery Components
• Regional Growth Highlights:
• North America: Significant gains led by regulatory-driven safety investments.
• Asia Pacific: Dominated by China, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.
• Europe: Strong performance from Germany; increasing R&D funding.
• Top Five Companies: Account for a dominant share of global revenue.
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2025 Trends and Strategic Insights
Market Momentum Driven by Safety Innovation
The global demand for enhanced battery safety has accelerated across the EV supply chain. As automakers prioritize cell integrity and regulatory bodies tighten standards, nail penetration safety systems have become critical components in battery pack architecture.
The 2025 report underscores a major uptrend in the integration of Copper and Aluminum foil-based safety protections, helping batteries withstand direct puncture events-traditionally among the most dangerous scenarios triggering thermal runaway.
BYD and Samsung Invest in Cell-Level Fire Prevention
In Q2 2025, BYD announced its third-generation blade battery now includes internal structural reinforcement aimed specifically at puncture resistance. Their in-house testing reportedly passed a multi-nail penetration test at 100% SOC (State of Charge) without fire or fume release, positioning BYD as a global safety leader in LFP technology.
Meanwhile, Samsung SDI introduced a new modularized Battery Protection Unit (BPU) embedded with nano-layered foil that activates an instant current cut-off upon nail impact. This system was successfully tested across several platforms in Korea and Europe in early 2025 and is expected to debut in 2026 EV fleets.
China Tightens Regulatory Standards; Europe Follows
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China, in March 2025, released updated safety requirements for EV power batteries. These new standards include mandatory nail penetration testing protocols, cooling redundancy, and physical fire retardant barriers. These rules are now mirrored in pilot programs across Europe under UNECE WP.29 framework.
These regulatory shifts are pushing OEMs and suppliers to invest more in multi-layer protection systems and real-time impact monitoring-trends already visible in products released by Phoenix Contact and IntriPlex this year.
Expanding Use Cases Beyond Passenger Vehicles
Although Passenger Cars accounted for the bulk of demand in 2024, Commercial Vehicles are rapidly adopting nail safety systems, especially in fleet EVs, logistics trucks, and municipal transport. Companies like Cisco and SICK are now offering integrated sensor systems that detect deformation or heat anomalies in battery packs, enabling predictive failure management.
These solutions are particularly relevant in high-mileage applications, where wear-induced vulnerability to nail penetration increases.
Regional Expansion: Asia-Pacific Dominates, Germany Accelerates
The Asia-Pacific region, particularly China, Japan, and South Korea, continues to dominate market share due to vertically integrated battery supply chains and strong EV adoption. The 2025 report highlights that China alone captured a significant percentage of global revenue in 2024 and is expected to increase its share by 2031, driven by national EV targets and fire safety mandates.
Europe, especially Germany, is catching up quickly with major investments in battery innovation hubs. In July 2025, Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action funded a €160 million initiative for next-gen EV battery testing-including nail safety stress tests-across five regional R&D centers.
Investment in Test Infrastructure
In late 2024, Applus+ IDIADA launched a new battery safety laboratory exceeding 2,000 m2, capable of simulating nail penetration, crush, and fire scenarios. This facility has since attracted collaborations with CATL and OsecoElfab for advanced safety certification in global markets.
These investments underscore a growing emphasis on test validation, with automotive OEMs requiring component-level certification before system integration.
Strategic Outlook to 2031
The report's industry-chain analysis reveals increasing complexity across upstream material sourcing (foil composites, smart vents), middlestream integration (module assembly), and downstream adoption (OEM and aftermarket systems). This multilayered value chain offers opportunities for both consolidation and innovation.
The highest-margin product segments are expected in modular safety foils and predictive thermal safety modules, where revenue per unit is highest. With market leaders such as H&T Battery Components and CATL continuing to expand production in this space, the competitive landscape is likely to consolidate around vertically integrated suppliers with IP-protected solutions.
Downstream customers
Toyota
FAW
Volvo
Ford
Mercedes-Benz
BorgWarner
KG Mobility
GM
Stellantis
Great Wall Motor
Kia
Lincoln
Aiways
Xpeng
NIO

The 2025-2031 outlook for the Automotive Battery Nail Safety System market is one of rapid expansion, technical sophistication, and strategic value chain integration. As electrification surges, nail safety systems have become indispensable, not optional. With a projected USD 2.465 billion valuation by 2031, players who invest now in safety innovation, regulatory compliance, and application expansion will be best positioned to lead.
This report provides critical guidance for stakeholders aiming to capitalize on this billion-dollar transformation-from investors, battery producers, and EV manufacturers to component suppliers and R&D innovators.

Chapter Outline:

Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of different market segments (by region, product type, application, etc), including the market size of each market segment, future development potential, and so on. It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 2: key insights, key emerging trends, etc.
Chapter 3: Manufacturers competitive analysis, detailed analysis of the product manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales and revenue market share, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 5 & 6: Sales, revenue of the product in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and market size of each country in the world.
Chapter 7: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 8: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: The main points and conclusions of the report.

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