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摘要

In 2003,I attended the Electric Vehicle Symposium in Long Beach, California, and at the conclusion of a presentation by a major advanced-tech battery manufacturer, a questioner asked about the prospects of lithium-ion batteries for automobiles. The presenter was stony-faced for a few seconds. And then responded with a cocked head: "What do you mean by lithium batteries in cars?" Nickel-metal-hydride was then considered the cutting-edge in battery tech, and the questioner's lithium-ion query was greeted with absolute puzzlement.