Tag: batteries
Bolloré Logistics fire: nearly 12,000 lithium batteries in the building, what repercussions for health?
Samir Rahmoun January 17, 2023 at 11:50 a.m. 8 © Firefighters of France A fire ravaged a Bolloré Logistics site late yesterday afternoon, where lithium batteries were stored. More than…
A Bolloré Logistics building containing lithium batteries on fire near Rouen
A major fire was underway Monday evening in an industrial building of Bolloré Logistics containing lithium batteries located in Grand-Couronne, south of Rouen, we learned from the firefighters and the…
Faced with the ecological weight of batteries, the industry believes in recycling
Barrels of lithium-ion scooter batteries stored in Marseille, November 18, 2019. GERARD JULIEN / AFP The transition to electric mobility is supposed to contribute to achieving the objective of a…
Batteries are entering their golden age, driven by the advent of “all-electric”
The factory looks more like a pharmaceutical laboratory than an automobile assembly line. The Nersac pilot site, near Angoulême, stands 1 kilometer as the crow flies from the banks of…
Future Google TV remotes will run out of batteries and charge themselves
TW Electronics announces the availability of self-charging, battery-free remote controls. They are Google TV and Android TV compatible and run on solar power, even if the source is indoors. Credit:…
The 4 Best MagSafe Batteries
Apple may boast about the autonomy of its latest iPhone, it is common knowledge that the battery of the device does not last the day. As a result, portable batteries…
Caterpillar: investment in lithium-ion batteries
(CercleFinance.com) – Caterpillar announced on Friday that it would make an investment in Lithos Energy, an American manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries. Based in San Rafael (California), Lithos designs and produces…
iPhone, iPad, Macbook: Apple will increase the price of spare batteries in March 2023
Bad news for all users of Apple devices: the Cupertino company is preparing to increase its prices for battery repair in March 2023. This increase concerns certain iPhones, iPads and…
The blind spots of the new European agreement on “removable” smartphone batteries
Will removable batteries on smartphones make a comeback on the market? This is what a new European agreement on battery rules seems to be aiming for. But the text, which…
where are European batteries made, here is our complete map
What if Europe became a major player in the production of batteries for electric vehicles? This is what we are looking at today, taking stock of the various battery production…
The Xiaomi Mi 50W Power Bank 3 20000 mAh integrates our guide to the best external batteries / Power Bank
Xiaomi doesn’t just make phones and TVs. The Chinese manufacturer also offers an extensive catalog of accessories. Among them, high-performance external batteries, of which the Power Bank 3 (20,000 mAh)…
The European Union wants the return of removable batteries on our smartphones
The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement to fundamentally review the European Union’s rules on batteries for our electronic devices, from electric cars to smartphones. If new…