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Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Gone Too Far (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 3 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Non-paywall link: https://12ft.io/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/07/too-many-lithium-ion-batteries/679302/

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[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's criminal that companies are allowed to release products with sealed Lithium-ion batteries. Like... even excluding the benefit of hot-swapping them for better uptime, extending the product's life with replacement, and limiting the proprietary shapes... old Lithium-ion batteries swell and explode. So why are we putting them into the core of our products with no way to see the health and remove them?

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It'll soon be illegal in the EU. If I remember correctly, all handhelds need to have removable batteries.

Here's the legislation.

[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

It's like I cursed myself. THE DAY AFTER posting this I found out that the enclosed battery in my phone is swelling, and I have no method to remove it.