It’s almost impossible to think of a time when you had to wrangle a
long cord while working with power tools. 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
batteries are completely backwards compatible, there’s no need to buy
new tools to take advantage of them. [Bosch via Werd]
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