WORLDWIDE HOMOLOGATION, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, TYPE APPROVAL SPECIALIST

USA Type approval Homologation

USA

23-05-2023

Changing requirements for battery chargers

The Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE)and the Department of Energy (DOE), USA recently released a notice regarding energy conservation standards for battery chargers.

The proposed new standards will affect the following types of chargers to be marketed in the US:
-Fixed-location wireless battery chargers
-Open-placement wireless battery chargers
-Low-energy, medium-energy, and high-energy battery chargers

Official announcement: EERE-2020-BT-STD-0013-0026