It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article:

The regulation provides that by 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving sufficient time for operators to adapt the design of their products to this requirement.

  • Mayoman68@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Probably they would make the battery removable from the bottom with some screw on the bottom. At least that’s how I’d do it if I were them considering the batteries are linear anyway and are usually in the parts sticking down.