The proof of the pudding…

We are approaching the final milestones of the US Department of Energy's multi-billion dollar push to develop an indigenous advanced battery industry within that nation's borders. What has the US taxpayer got to show for the money? The Editor reports.

What comes first, chicken or egg? In the case of a hybrid and electric vehicle industry, the power source or the car? And with taxpayer's money driving US Government ambitions, where are the benefits? 

Earlier this year, I sat through five days' worth of presentations from battery companies and electrochemists who sought . . .