Panasonic Joins Parade of Battery Recallers

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews

The surprise is, the batteries are not Sony batteries. Also, according to Matsushita, the batteries are being recalled for overheating problems, but they would need a little human accidental “push.”

The Matsushita spokesman said that when a notebook PC using the battery in question had been accidentally dropped on the floor or suffered any other strong impact, there was a chance that a tiny metal spring used in the battery pack could fall off on to battery cells, causing overheating. Source: Reuters

We Say: Only 6,000 batteries? Why even tell us about it? Seriously, though, they are not Sony (or Panasonic) batteries … but I’d like to know whose they are.