Electronics manufactures must from Saturday fit all devices sold in the EU with USB-C charger ports in a bid by the 27-nation bloc to reduce waste and cut costs for consumers, who will no longer have…

Suck it micro USB, mini USB, and lightning! 🪫🔋

  • @JoshuaFalken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0•3 months ago

    Battery swapping is common practice in China. Far as I know, these swaps aren’t for huge capacity batteries, and moreso designed for smaller ones. Takes about as long as filling a sedan tank with fuel. We could have this technology, but there’s not really a push for it.

    • @jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
      2•3 months ago

      I don’t need it and neither do the other EV owners I know. But we can all charge at home.

      • @JoshuaFalken@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•3 months ago

        Right - I wouldn’t benefit from such a thing either. The market exists in China probably due to the density of people living in apartment buildings without access to home based charging.