Why Power Tools May The Key To Electrifying The World

Thanks DeWalt

Sergio Alberto Romero, Ed.D.
3 min readFeb 7, 2022

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The battery is likely one of the greatest inventions known to man. I like to think of it as a portable lightning bolt that can power anything I want it to. Of course, there are a lot more intricacies to the technology than just that but I still think it remains important to the development of mankind. That being said, DeWalt recently announced the DCB094K which will soon allow people to charge their DeWalt batteries via USB-C otherwise known as USB4 or perhaps USB Type-C. No one really knows the USB naming conventions anymore, but I digress. So, with that be change I thought it was important to talk about how power tools will play into electrification throughout the world as we continue our shift away from fossil fuels!

What is a power tool?

Power tools come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, we could be talking about your average drill or grinder, or we could be talking about a chainsaw or snowblower. Power tools are the backbone of both full-blown construction teams but also your average joe on a Sunday whose putting up drywall in the basement, or perhaps just your pair of twenty somethings putting together their Ikea items for their super cool apartment. The fact is, power tools have changed the way we work both at home but also in the workplace, they’ve made…

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Sergio Alberto Romero, Ed.D.
Sergio Alberto Romero, Ed.D.

Written by Sergio Alberto Romero, Ed.D.

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