As a result, even if there is a short-circuit, the battery itself will not overheat, Matsushita claims. The first versions of HRL-enabled product went on sale in April 2006, and mass production is now set to begin, the company said in a statement.

While Matsushita managed to avoid the mass recalls associated with Sony's batteries, which saw more than 4 million batteries shipped by Dell and nearly 2 million shipped by Apple recalled, it wasn't immune from the overheated battery frenzy.

In September, 6,000 batteries used in Panasonic-branded computers in Japan were recalled amidst overheating concerns.
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