Perhaps Leica's American office is run to different standards.
“There’s a hole in the bottom of our camera! That’s OK though, it’s meant to be there. The bottom edge of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery serves as the compartment cover. Or at least it would, if we had one.
Sadly, while Leica’s PR representatives sent us the camera, two lenses, a mount adapter, EVF, several satin pouches and a battery charger, they forgot to include a battery in the box.
There’s simply nothing for it - tune in later for a Leica T reboxing, as soon as we’ve found the pouch that had the USB cable in it...*”