— Prior to each test temperature, the DUT shall be conditioned at RT according to the thermal equilibration requirements provided in 5.1 followed by a standard charge (SCH) as provided in 6.2.2.3.2 for top off and a standard cycle (SC) as provided in 6.2.— Then the DUT shall be conditioned at the specified test temperature according to the thermal equilibration requirements provided in 5.1 followed by a standard charge (SCH) as provided in 6.2.2.3.2. The standard charge (SCH) is requested in order to condition the DUT to 100 % SOC at the specified test temperature prior to the pulse power characterization test profile.— In the next step, the fully charged DUT shall be discharged with a C/3 rate to the initial SOC of 90 % followed by a minimum 30 min rest period. NOTE A 108 s discharge with a C/3 rate will decrease the SOC level by 1 %.— Then the pulse power characterization profile as described in 7.3.2.2 shall be performed.— The next SOC steps (70 %, 50 %, 35 %, and 20 %7)) shall be reached by a C/3 discharge followed by a 30 min rest period. Then the pulse power characterization profile as described in 7.3.2.2 shall be performed at each mentioned SOC step. NOTE The amount of electric charge [Ah] withdrawn during the previous power characterization profile needs to be taken into account when adjusting the SOC level to the next following step by a C/3 discharge.— At the end of the pulse power characterization profile at the 20 % SOC level, the standard charge (SCH) shall be performed.— Data sampling, especially for DUT voltage and current, shall be performed with an adequate sampling rate for the profile described in Figure 5 and Table 9. A minimum of 10 measuring points per step are required.— The complete test sequence shall be performed as specified in Table 12. Table 12 — Test sequence power and internal resistance test Step Procedure Ambient temperature