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Car industry: Charging up the future

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A new generation of lithium-ion batteries, coupled with rising oil prices and the need to address climate change, has sparked a global race to electrify transportation. Jeff Tollefson investigates.

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Tollefson, J. Car industry: Charging up the future. Nature 456, 436–440 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/456436a

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