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The European Union is on a mission to standardize modern technology, and in that effort, is now looking to regulate lithium-ion batteries.
The European Union (EU) is making headlines for its charging standardization regulations, but it’s eying a different avenue of technology to regulate: batteries. The large body that governs most of Europe — with England recently becoming a notable exception — creates some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the world. Its regulations have the power to shift the plans of large tech corporations, marked by Apple’s supposed confirmation that it would be forced to add USB-C to the iPhone. That regulation is ready to go into effect by the end of 2024, with more standardization and regulatory proposals still in the works.
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