Anker keeps releasing energy-saving chargers, making it tempting to keep upgrading. But maybe you shouldn't keep buying new devices just because they're "greener."
Time to face the facts: the true environmental costs of electric vehicles! Electric vehicles are saving the planet!
Anker’s new GaNPrime chargers are smaller, run cooler, and can charge more gadgets faster. But before you toss your old chargers in favor of the newer, better model, consider how much you’ll actually save and how much harm you’ll do to the world.
“[If] the charger you have is still in perfect condition, see if you can give it a new home to a friend, family member, or local charity,” Eric Villines, head of global communications at Anker, told Lifewire via email.
Anker’s new GaN Prime devices use GaN 3 fast charging technology. GaN is gallium nitride, and it’s replacing silicon in chargers because it allows those chargers to run cooler, which in turn means those chargers can be smaller. Much smaller. It’s possible to make a GaN laptop charger that’s barely bigger than a silicon phone charger.
