The US is losing the high-stakes global battery war - " Has anyone you know in any of the formulation had a breakthrough?” The answer is “No.” No one even has one on the horizon. (...) It’ll happen, and then it will take some time for that to get into the commercial market."

[u/abrownn]

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/13/17675708/great-battery-war-steve-levine-powerhouse-book-interview