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Ready, Set, Power UpCan U.S. Win Race to Create a Superbattery?
2015-02-15 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Ever since the Italian count Alessandro Volta invented the first electric battery in 1799, scientists have sought to ramp up its performance. Even though we have sent a robot to Mars and split the atom, it has proved surprisingly difficult. Now a global race is on to create a battery powerful enough to run an electric car 300 miles (483 kilometers) on one charge. The prize is a market worth as much as $300 billion annually. From his office in Washington, D.C., Steve Levine, author of The Powerhouse:...
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