One hundred seven commercially available, off-the-shelf, 1.2-Ah cells were tested for calendar life and CS cycle- and CD cycle-life using the new USABC PHEV Battery Test Manual. Here, the effects of temperature on calendar life, on CS cycle life, and on CD cycle life; the effects of SOC on calendar life and on CS cycle life; and the effects of rest time on CD cycle life were investigated. The results indicated that the test procedures caused performance decline in the cells in an expected manner, calendar<CS cycling<CD cycling. In some cases, the kinetic law changed with test type, from linear-with-time to about t 2. Additionally, temperature was found to stress the cells more than SOC, causing increased changes in performance with increasing temperature.