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CNET News Service reported Sept. 30 in Taipei (Kuang Wen Qin) one after another notebook battery recall, exposed the question is: Do not wait for the outgoing fire explosion incident, notebook computer manufacturers start recovery action before?
A fourth, and at 29, even claimed that the battery has been specifically designed in advance and there is no escape doubts Lenovo (Lenovo), has launched the world's ThinkPad battery recycling movement simultaneously, it seems that for the time being for the months of battery fire incident marked the period .
But as long as history: observations from August this year, Dell announced the recall 4.1 million lithium batteries used in notebook computers, followed by Apple announced the recall of 1.8 million, while in September Toshiba recalled 340,000 batteries in early, you can get a conclusion - only heard an explosion, fire and other information, or confirm that the battery power storage and transmission of dysfunction, the notebook computer makers to recall batteries for emergency only laptop batteryIBM Laptop Battery.
Lenovo released yesterday, the recovery of Taiwan, news is: the consumer directly to the computer link www.lenovo.com / batteryprogram website to check whether the battery recall, or on the website enter the cell behind the material number for inquiries, call the service center or call 0800-000700 # 2.
Once the battery system requires recyclers, personal information in the log after three to four weeks, Lenovo will be sent by express way to the old batteries and recycling batteries. ThinkPad users mostly because business users for these customers, Lenovo business will take the initiative and customer contact.
However, battery recycling events that triggered the beginning of their authors - Sony, the recall incident, four in a row, are not a collection of all possible hazardous batteries. Sony Taiwan corporate brands, said Chen Yongming, director of public affairs, is expected to take the initiative to start and use Sony's battery cell technology (battery pack) the recall program. "But the schedule and details are still unclear," he said.
"From the perspective of Taiwan's consumer association, the action stage companies recycling batteries are too sporadic and too incomplete. Manufacturers should do is to recall all the 'potential' dangerous batteries, rather than wait until the problem was only to the move, "Consumers Association vice-chairman Cheng Renhong said.
