The bill's investments are divided into four areas: Energy efficiency, which mainly involves weatherizing buildings and homes; electricity transmission; battery technology; and technologies that might clean up old school fossil fuels, particularly coal.
"You'll take the extra electricity and, if battery technology works, you'll put it in batteries.
But battery technology means electricity could be siphoned into a battery and 80% of it, or even more, released when needed.
And though petroleum clearly won out over electricity in the automobile's first century, battery technology has finally advanced to such a degree for electric vehicles (EVs) to compete more closely with their petrol-powered counterparts.
From understanding invasive species and the global transmission of disease, to developing battery technology and microgrids for electricity, the problems of sustainability are occupying the thoughts and work days of top engineers and basic scientists all over the world.
"If successful, this battery technology could revolutionize the way electricity is used and produced on the grid," DOE said in a press release.
He regards electricity as the most promising replacement fuel, and thinks battery technology has the potential to produce an Intel-like giant as the industry develops.Another business he believes to be ripe for disruption is health care.
As part of the agreement to expand Pan Asia into an electric car development center, Mr. Girsky said that G.M. would transfer battery technology and technology for inverters — devices that control the transfer of electricity between batteries and the motor.
For the long-haul routes of Argentina, of course, buses powered by electricity are still a long way off – unless there's a sudden breakthrough in battery technology.
With current transmission capacity and battery technology we could fuel 84% of the country's vehicles with electricity if they owned a plug-in hybrid, eliminating our dependency on imported oil.
