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@ 2022/12/23Will give manufacturers three and a half years to stop messing us all about*
The EU has reached a provisional agreement that will require that portable devices have user-replaceable batteries.
The agreement covers batteries of almost sizes including starting, lighting and ignition batteries for vehicles (SLI batteries), light means of transport batteries, (LMT, think electric scooters and bikes), electric vehicle (EV) batteries and even industrial batteries.
Legislation gives manufacturers three and a half year to rework their portable devices in such a way that users can easily remove and replace their batteries.*
User-replaceable batteries used to be the norm on smartphones, and really should not be a difficult thing to implement. However, it will annoy the likes of companies like Apple who make money either repairing phones just because they need a new battery, or as a tool to force yearly upgrades.
The EU has reached a provisional agreement that will require that portable devices have user-replaceable batteries.
The agreement covers batteries of almost sizes including starting, lighting and ignition batteries for vehicles (SLI batteries), light means of transport batteries, (LMT, think electric scooters and bikes), electric vehicle (EV) batteries and even industrial batteries.
Legislation gives manufacturers three and a half year to rework their portable devices in such a way that users can easily remove and replace their batteries.*
User-replaceable batteries used to be the norm on smartphones, and really should not be a difficult thing to implement. However, it will annoy the likes of companies like Apple who make money either repairing phones just because they need a new battery, or as a tool to force yearly upgrades.
