After USB-C, EU all set to mandate user replaceable batteries in gadgets, EVs
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The EU is considering a move to mandate user replaceable batteries in portable gadgets and EVs.
USB-C recently got mandated in the EU for smartphone manufacturers, affecting Apple's future plans in the region for its iPhones. However, the EU is not stopping here. Based on a new report, it now seems that the EU plans to mandate user replaceable batteries on smartphones, gadgets, battery packs for starting vehicles, EVs and even industrial batteries. The discussions are still ongoing and if it comes into play, manufacturers will have a period of three years to comply.The agreement is currently provisional and will cover batteries of all sorts of battery sizes. This will cover batteries such as portable batteries, “starting, lighting, and ignition batteries for vehicles (SLI batte...