This week, the European Parliament voted in favor of making batteries more sustainable including making them removable and replaceable.

The road is still long until implementations of such measures and they could still be watered down in upcoming negotiations.

Since its entry into force, the French repair index has attracted worldwide attention. But has it kept its promises?

French member HOP analysed the outcomes of the index and its impact on consumers and repairers.

The Environment Committee of the European Parliament adopted measures to make batteries more removable and replaceable.

Between 2019-2020, 3 million e-bikes were sold in Europe, representing around 20% of all bikes sold across the continent.

But are their batteries easily repairable and replaceable?

Our new research, in collaboration with the EEB and the University of Lund shows that most batteries in today’s products cannot be removed, replaced or repaired resulting in shorter device lifetimes, a loss of rare and valuable materials and billions in unnecessary consumer expenditure.