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The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War

The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War

A Soul of a New MachineÂ for our timeâ€”a gripping account of invention, commerce, and duplicity in the age of technology
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A worldwide race is on to perfect the next engine of economic growth, the advanced lithium-ion battery. It will power the electric car, relieve global warming, and catapult the winner into a new era of economic and political mastery. Can the United States win?
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Steve LeVine was granted unprecedented access to a secure federal laboratory outside Chicago, where a group of geniuses is trying to solve this next monumental task of physics and engineering. But these scientistsâ€”almost all foreign bornâ€”are not alone. With so much at stake, researchers in Japan, South Korea, and China are in the same pursuit. The drama intensifies when a Silicon Valley start-up licenses the federal laboratoryâ€™s signature invention with the aim of a blockbuster sale to the worldâ€™s biggest carmakers. The PowerhouseÂ is a real-time, two-year account of big invention, big commercialization, and big deception. It exposes the layers of aspiration and disappointment, competition and ambition behind this great turning point in the history of technology.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Books
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 4676
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2016-01-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143128328

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