To say the lead-acid battery R&D is not the best funded sector of the electrochemistry industry is a great understatement. For those not aware, the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) is one of the leading (perhaps only) driving forces for lead-acid battery industry research.
For the automotive sector of lead-acid batteries, there is one man at ALABC who takes upon it himself to promote lead-acid batteries as the low-cost way to power 48V micro/mild hybrid cars and reduce carbon emissions: septuagenarian Brit Allan Cooper.
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