Long Hard Road : The Lithium-Ion Battery and the Electric Car.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (345 pages)
Cover -- LONG HARD ROAD -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: An Idea in the Air -- Timeline of Events -- Part I The Making of a Battery -- 1. The Fast-Ion Concept -- 2. Goodenough's Cathode -- 3. Thackeray's Cathode -- 4. The Graphite Anode -- 5. Japan's Battery -- Part II The Heart of the Electric Car -- 6. The Electric Car Quest -- 7. The Lithium-Ion Car -- 8. Electric Salvation -- 9. Detroit Awakens -- 10. Validation: The Nobel -- Afterword: What History Teaches Us -- Acknowledgments -- Who's Who -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.
9781612497648
Lithium cells. Electric automobiles-Batteries. Lithium ion batteries-History-Popular works.