What Role for China in the U.S. Battery Industry?

What Role for China in the U.S. Battery Industry?

by Jim Greenberger

Now that A123 Systems, one of the largest recipients of government-funded battery R&D largesse, may become Chinese-owned, the federal government will have to face the question of whether, and on what terms, Chinese-owned companies will be given access to U.S. battery and advanced materials technology. Despite the clear challenges that U.S. firms manufacturing have faced in these areas, U.S. battery and advanced materials technology continues to be the best in the world—and the Chinese know it.http://theenergycollective.com/jim-greenberger/102241/what-role-china-us-battery-industry?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

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