The Energy Department is getting ready to hand out about $2 billion in grants to create a domestic industry for electric-car batteries, and 122 companies are scrambling to get pieces. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via NewsRack (Energy), NewsRack (Climate Change), NewsRack (Innovation)
the grants here sound like good news for a number of companies and for more efficient energy use and it's good to know where the money for these jobs is going. the point re new means of energy for large trucks is important. what's not here is enough information about what the companies plan to do in research and development of new metal/chemical types of batteries which is as, if not more, important for the future.
