For endless support over the years I want to thank my family: Mom, Dad, Luke, grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles, and these days, my in-laws. And it’s hard to know where to begin thanking Leigh Garrison-Fletcher, my wife and best friend. I spent many evenings and weekends either working on or brooding about this book, and she tolerated them all. On the South American leg of my reporting, she was, as always, my ideal travel companion. Back at home, she read and edited drafts, helped assemble endnotes, and generally took care of maintaining our lives, all while making my life wonderful.
INDEX
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A&T Battery
“Abundance of Lithium, An” (Evans)
AC-DC converter
A cell, second-generation
AC Propulsion
Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS)
Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program
advertising
aerodynamics
aerogel
AeroVironment
AES
Agassi, Shai
aircraft
air pollution air-quality regulation and in China
Akerson, Dan
Aldrin, Buzz
alkali batteries
Almaden Research Center
alternating-current (AC) network
alternating-current synthesizer (ACS)
aluminum
aluminum oxide
amber
AMC Amitron
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Motors
American Superconductor
Ameritech Mobile Communications
Amprius
Andrada e Silva, José Bonifácio de
Andrew, Michael
anode carbonmetallic lithium“self-assembling” batteries and
antimony
Antofagasta
Antofagasta Nitrate and Railway Company
A123 Systems challenges of Chinese manufacturing used by cylindrical cells made by Eberhard on Energy Systems Group of IPO ofpatent conflicts of research-and-development plant of venture capital of
arc-lighting boom
Arfwedson, Johan August
Argentina
Argentine Puna
argon
Argonne National Laboratory
Argo-Tech
Arica
Armand, Michael Gauthier’s ruined friendship with
Armstrong, Neil
Army Air Corps
ARPA-E
Arsenal on the Charles
Asahi
Associated Press
asthma
Atacama Desert
AT&T
atomic bomb
Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE)
atoms
Audi
Austin, Tex.; see also Texas, University of
Austin American-Statesman
Australia
automatic starter
Automobile and Air Pollution, The
Automotive Energy Supply Corporation
Avaroa, Eduardo
Avestor
Aymara
Baker, Kenneth
Ballivian, Oscar
Baltimore, Md.
Banks, Joseph
Barnett, Robert
batteries; boom in charged vs. discharged decline of research ondefined invention ofleaking of testuse of term see also specific kinds of batteries
Battery 500
Bayh-Dole Act
Beijing
Belgirate conference (1972)
Bell, Alexander Graham
Bell Laboratories
Benz, Karl
Bereisa, Jon
Berzelius, Jöns Jacob
beta-alumina electrolyte
Better Place
Betts, Ritchie G.
beverages, lithiated
Bhopal, pesticide disaster in
Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda
bicycles
big bang
bipolar disorder
bischofite
Black & Decker
BMW
BMW MegaCity
Bohr, Niels
Bolívar, Simón
Bolivia; Chile’s relations with; elections in; lithium in : natural gas in; U.S. relations with
Bolivian Labor Union
Bolloré
Bolloré, Vincent
Boniface, Bob
borax
boric acid
boron
Bosch
Boston-Power
brain cancer
Branchburg, N.J.
Branchburg Industrial Park
Brazil
Brewer, William
Brin, Sergey
British Journal of Psychiatry, The
Bruce, Peter
Brush, Charles
Bryan, Dennis
Buffett, Warren
Burnaby
buses
Bush administration
Business News Americas
BusinessWeek
BYD
Cade, John
Cadillac
Cairns, Elton
Calama,
caliche (saltpeter)
California
California, University of (Berkeley)
California Air Resources Board (CARB)
Camaro
cameras, digital
Canada
Cannaccord Adams
capacitors
carbon
carbon anode
carbon dioxide
carbon emissions
carbon monoxide
Carlisle, Anthony
carnallite
cars: electric, see electric cars; gas-powered, see gas-powered cars; phones in; steam; see also specific makes of car
Carter, Jimmy
Car That Could, The (Shnayerson)
Castle Bravo test
cathode “self-assembling” batteries and
Celgard
cell signaling
cellular phones first call on invention of shrinkage of shrinking power supply for smart phones spread of on standby
Center for American Progress
Cerro Rico
Cessna
Cessna Citation
Chalouhi, Olivier
Chapare region
charging stations
Chávez, Hugo
Chemetall
Chemical Week
Chevrolet Corvair
Chevrolet Electrovair
Chevrolet Volt aero inappearance of backlash against batteries for, see lithium-ion batteries, in Volt; cost of; journalists’ driving of; launch of manufacture of; Nissan Leaf compared with; official production of; press coverage of; rollouts of; rumors about; skepticism about; test drives of
Chevron
Chevron Resources
Chevy Cruze
Chevy Malibu
Chevy S-10 electric program
Chiang, Yet-Ming; author’s meeting with; biography of; cabinet of curiosities of; on costs at Materials Research Society; patent conflicts and
Chicago, III.
Chicago, University of
Chicago Tribune
Chile Bolivian gas pipeline to; Bolivia’s relations with; earthquake in
China air pollution in; lithium deposits in; lithium-ion market expansion in; rare-earth metals in
China BAK Battery
chlorine
Chmelauskas, Jay
chromium
Chrysler
Chrysler Cordoba
Chu, Steven
Chung, Sung-Yoon
Cisternas, Álvaro
Civil War, U.S.
Clean Air Act (1970)
Cleveland, Ohio
climate change
clocks
CNBC
coal
cobalt
coca
cocaine
Cochabamba
Colchani
Collins, Bud
Colombia
Columbia Electric Phaeton Mark III
Commerce Department, U.S.
Como
Compact Power, Inc. (CPI)
computers; see also laptops
Comte, Auguste
Congress, U.S.; at Detroit auto show (2010); Obama’s first joint address to
Consumer Products Safety Commission
Continental
Cooper, Martin
Copenhagen
copper
Coppola, Francis Ford
Corfo
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards
corporate diversification, pitfalls of
cost floor
Coventry
Cramer, Jim
Crossing the Chasm (Moore)
Cui, Yi
Customs, U.S.
cylindrical cells
Dahn, Jeff
Daimler-Benz
DaimlerChrysler
Daniels, Mitch
DARPA
Davy, Humphry
Defense Department, U.S.
Defense National Stockpile Center, U.S.
Deffeyes, Kenneth
Dell laptops
Delphi
de Nysschen, Johan
depression, psychological
Detroit, Mich.; auto shows in; battery factories near; Hamtramck Assembly Plant in
Detroit Free Press
Detroit News, The
Día del Mar
Diario, El
diesel engines
diesel fuel
digital cameras
digital watches
Dingell, John
dioxolane
direct current (DC) standard
dockworker strikes
Dodge Viper
Douglas, Michael
Dow Chemical
Dow Kokam
Doyle
Drug Enforcement Agency, U.S. (DEA)
Duracell
Duryea, Charles E.
Duryea, J. Frank
dynamos
DynaTAC 8000X,
earthquakes
Ebauches
Eberhard, Martin; on cost floor
Economist, The
Edison, Thomas
Edmunds.com
Eduardo Avaroa Andean Flora and Fauna Park
E85 ethanol
E-Flex
Egypt
El Alto
elections: Bolivian; U.S.
Electrical World
Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development and Demonstration Act (1976)
electric-car mini-bubble (1990s)
Electric Carriage & Wagon Company
electric cars; in Bolivia; BYD and; commitment to; early advantage of; Edison’s views on; EV1, see EV1; Garvin’s views on; gas-powered cars compared with; German dismissal of; Hamlen’s predictions for; history of; in Japan; lithium iron phosphate and; Nissan Leaf; Obama’s goals for; as parade of extraordinary failures; revival of interest in; Sadoway’s views on; stigmatizing of; Volt, see Chevrolet Volt
electricians
electricity coinage of word; lithium iron phosphate and; metallic; as novelty; static; as stream of electrons; superconductors and; titanium and
electric motorcycles
electric motors
Electric Power Research Institute
“Electric Shock, The” (Puccini)
Electric Storage Battery (ESB) Company
Electric Transportation Coalition
electric trolleys
Electric Vehicle Company (EVC)
Electric Vehicle Technical Center
Electrobat
Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters
Electrochemical Society
electrode-coating machines
electrode powder
electrodes; carbon black and; Exxon’s poor choice of; in lithium-air batteries; in lithium-ion batteries; lithium-iron-phosphate; Moli’s choice of; separators for; titanium disulfide and; triphylite as; see also anode; cathode
electrolysis
electrolytes; alkaline vs. acidic; beta-alumina; Hamlen’s work with; in lithium-air batteries; metal fragments in
electromagnetic fields
electromagnetism
Electronic Engineering Times
electronics companies
electrons; doping and; lithium iron phosphate and
Electrovette
Emanuel, Rahm
Empresa Boliviana de Recursos Evaporíticos (EBRE)
Enerdel
Energizer
Ener 1
Energy Department, U.S. (DOE)
“Energy Race, The” (Chu)
energy security
Enerland
Engadget
Engel-Bader, Monika
England
Entertainment Weekly
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
E-One Moli Energy Canada
Eramet
ethanol
E-tron concept
eugenicists
Eureka Williams Company
Europe
Evans, Jon
Evans, R. Keith
evaporation pools
Eveready
EV1; candlelit vigil for; failure of; GM’s losses for; leasing of; recalling and destruction of
EVs; see also electric cars; specific kinds of vehicles
EV specialists
EV World
Exide
Exxon
Exxon Compound
Exxon Enterprises; diversification pitfalls at
ExxonMobil
Exxon Research and Engineering; Battery Division of
Faraday, Michael
Farah, Andrew
fascism
Faure, Camille Alphonse
FCC
FDA
“Fe” battery
Fermi, Enrico
fertilizers
Fiat
financial crisis
Finland
Fisker Automotive
Fisker Karma
Flood, Ed
fly ash
FMC (Food Machinery Corporation)
Forbes
Ford, Gerald
Ford, Henry
Ford, William Clay, Jr.
Ford Comuta
Ford Focus
Ford Model N
Ford Model T
Ford Motor Company battery invented by (1967) birth of; Mulally at
Ford of Britain
Fortune
France
Franklin, Benjamin, kite experiment of
fuel cells; hydrogen
fuel economy
Fukushima plant
Fulop, Ric
gadget boom
GAF
Galaxy Resources
Galvani, Luigi
Garvin, Clifton
gas; natural
gasoline; batteries compared with; mileage standards for; shortages of
gasoline engines
gasoline “range extending” engine
gas-powered cars; geopolitics of oil and; improvement of; pollution from; as touring cars
Gassenheimer, Charles
Gates, Bill
Gauthier, Michel
Gehry, Frank
General Electric (GE)
General Motors (GM); Advanced Design Studio of; Automotive Strategy Board of; bailout of; bankruptcy of; Chevrolet Electrovair of; cultural deficiencies at; decline of; E-Flex of; electric-car mini-bubble and; Electrovette of; EV1 of, see EV1; health care and pension obligations of; Hummer; IPO of; one hundredth anniversary of; public relations mistakes of; restructuring at; SUV and truck concentration of; Vehicle Engineering Center of; Volt of, see Chevrolet Volt; XP512E
General Motors of Europe
Geolog
ical Survey, U.S.
geothermal energy, geothermal plants
Germany; Exide subsidiary in
Gettelfinger, Ron
Ghosn, Carlos
Gibson, Mel
Gilbert, William
global warming
Globe and Mail, The
gm-volt.com
gold
Goldberg, Philip
Goodenough, John Bannister; failure to receive royalties of; Japanese use of work of; Okada’s note to
Gore, Al
gout
Granholm, Jennifer
Great Britain
Greeks, ancient
Greenberger, James
Greenfuelsforecast.com
greenhouse gases
Greenland
grid storage
Grossmann, Yuhko
Groton
“Ground Zero” (Tahil)
Grove, William Robert
GS Yuasa
Guy Savoy
Guzman, Gustavo
Haering, Rudi
Halberstam, David
Hamlen, Bob
Handycam CCD-TRI 8–mm camcorder
Harvard Business Review
Harwell
Haywood Securities
health concerns
heart disease
hectorite
Heilbron, John L.
Heisenberg, Werner
helium
Henderson, Fritz
Hendrick, Rick
Henney Kilowatt
Hollywood, Calif.
Honda
Honda Insight
Hopkinton, Mass.
Horseless Age
horses
House of Representatives, U.S.
Houston, Tex.
Houston Chronicle
Howard, Jason
Howdy Company
Hoyer, Steny
Huggins, Robert
Hughes Aircraft
hybrid gas-electric cars
hybrids; Insight; plug-in; see also Chevrolet Volt; Porsche; Prius
hydrocarbons
hydroelectric energy
hydrogen
hydrogen fuel cells, hydrogen-fuel-cell cars
hydrogen sulfide
hydropower
Hydro-Québec
Hymotion
Iacocca, Lee
IBM
iCar
i MiEV electric car
i-mode
Impact electric-car concept; see also EV1
Improved Mobile Telephone Service
Incas
India
Indiana
Indianapolis, Ind.
Industrial Minerals
information age
Inslee, Jay
Institute for Materials Research
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
intercalation compounds
intercalation reactions, “reversible”
internal combustion engines backlash against
Internet
iodine
ionics
ions
Iran
iron
iron phosphate
Israel
Italy
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.
jadarite
Japan; cell phones in; digital watch in; electric cars in; expansion of lithium-ion battery manufacture in; laptop fires in; lithion-ion market expansion in ; lithium in drinking water in; mercury contamination in; nontoxic battery research in; “swallowing issue” in
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