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These Inductive Batteries Keep Your Power Tools Perpetually Charged
It’s almost impossible to think of a time when you had to wrangle a long cord while working with power tools battery. But as convenient as cordless tools are, they’re useless if their batteries are dead. So, later this year, Bosch will be introducing batteries with inductive charging that simply need to be placed on a base station for the power to flow.
It not only makes it easier to charge a battery without removing it from the tool, it also allows you to keep a charging base close to where you’re working, so every time you put the tool down, the battery is being topped off. That alone should convert some DeWalt loyalists.
Since there are no physical connectors, the charging pads are completely waterproof, and Bosch claims that thanks to intelligent software the batteries charge as quickly as their predecessors did, no matter the temperature. There’s no pricing info yet, but since the new inductive cordless drill batteries are completely backwards compatible, there’s no need to buy new tools to take advantage of them.
It not only makes it easier to charge a battery without removing it from the tool, it also allows you to keep a charging base close to where you’re working, so every time you put the tool down, the battery is being topped off. That alone should convert some DeWalt loyalists.
Since there are no physical connectors, the charging pads are completely waterproof, and Bosch claims that thanks to intelligent software the batteries charge as quickly as their predecessors did, no matter the temperature. There’s no pricing info yet, but since the new inductive cordless drill batteries are completely backwards compatible, there’s no need to buy new tools to take advantage of them.
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