European CommissionOct 15

📱💻🖱️🎧📷 made the switch to USB-C.

Now, chargers must follow, because 400 million sold yearly in the EU means serious waste.

To cut it and make your life simpler, we have updated the ecodesign standards:

✅ USB chargers must include at least one USB-C port & work with detachable cables
✅ Higher energy efficiency and interoperability
✅ New EU logo helps match devices

By 2035, we could save energy, reduce pollution, and save consumers €100 million a year.

ℹ️ https://link.europa.eu/bHCDng

Show threadHenrik Brix Andersen

@EUCommission Sure. Because it’s really unlikely that a new and better standard will emerge in the ten years from now until 2035.

Regulations like these are based on wrong assumptions and end up hampering technical innovation.

Oct 15 at 5:51pmWeb