We should be more committed to creating tax incentives for research and development of technologies like this. Companies that develop key technologies and maintain at least 90% of their staffing here, and do their manufacturing (automated is okay) in the US should be able to operate TAX FREE.
Originally Posted by
tpreitzel
Axion has been quietly working since 2003 on another proprietary version of lead acid chemistry called PbC:
http://www.axionpower.com/profiles/i...1&s=0&ID=10299
Axion's product has been undergoing real world testing for at least 5 years so it's not simply a laboratory experiment.
I'll guarantee you that lead acid isn't going away as the infrastructure is simply gigantic and well established worldwide. Lithium reserves are limited so we already know that lithium based chemistry is simply transitional to another type of chemistry, e.g. zinc-air.
Also do you know that carbon fiber can act as a battery? Yeah, that's right, we'll likely see
structural components consisting of carbon fiber acting as
batteries as well... unbelievable where battery technology is headed...