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Japan Battery and Appliance Industries Association
Jenga puzzle
Jiangsu Province
job creation
Johnson Controls
Jordan
Josephson, Matthew
Joule’s law
Jungner, Waldemar
Justice Department, U.S.
Kerr-McGee Chemical
Kettering, Charles Franklin
Killacycle
Kings Mountain, N.C.
Kjaer, Ed
Koizumi, Junichiro
Kokam
Korea; lithion-ion market expansion in
Koriyama factory
Kresa, Kent
Kummer, Joseph T.
LaHood, Ray
Lampe-Onnerud, Christina
La Paz
laptops; fires in
Larry King Live (TV show)
Lassa, Todd
Las Vegas, Nev.; Guy Savoy in
Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (1996)
Late Show with David Letterman, The (TV show)
Lauckner, Jon; goals of
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
lead
lead-acid batteries; alkaline; in EV1; Exide
leakage problem
Leclanché, Georges
Lenoir, Étienne
Letterman, David
Leyden jar
LG Chem
lightning
lights
Limbaugh, Rush
LiMO2 oxide, thesis on
Lincoln, Abraham
Lincoln Laboratory
Linden, N.J.
Linera, Garcia
Lithco
Lithia Beer
lithium; atomic weight of; demand forecasts for; dependence on; isolation of; metallic; mining companies and; Oligopoly and; sources of; uses of
lithium-air batteries
lithium batteries Edison and; Goodenough’s work on; Moli Energy and; Whittingham’s work on
lithium carbonate
lithium chloride
lithium citrate
lithium-cobalt-oxide batteries
lithium-cobalt-oxide cathode
Lithium Corporation of America
lithium hydroxide
lithium-ion batteries; for aircraft; Asian expansion of manufacture of; boom in; Chiang’s work on; cost of; as dangerous materials; dependence on; Enerdel’s production of; Goodenough’s work on; Japanese work on; largest; Lutz’s interest in; made out of paper and fabric; move into automotive realm of; in Nissan Leaf; Obama’s views on; original impact of; product recalls and rechargeable; Sadoway’s problems with; silicon in; Sony’s commercialization of; stimulus funding and; thermal runaway in; in Volt
lithium-ion cells
lithium iron phosphate
lithium-iron-phosphate batteries
lithium-iron-phosphate electrode powder
lithium-manganese-oxide batteries
lithium-metal-based batteries
lithium-metal-polymer batteries
lithium-molybdenum-disulfide cell
lithium-nickel-fluoride batteries
lithium nickel oxides
lithium perchlorate
lithium peroxide
lithium poisoning
lithium-seawater batteries
lithium sulfur
lithium-sulfur batteries
Lithium Supply and Markets conference
lithium therapy
Lithium Triangle
lithium wars
Livonia, Mich.
London
Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles Auto Show: of 2003,; of 2006; of 2007; of 2008; of 2009
Lotus
Lozada, Gonzalo Sánchez de (Goni)
Luft, Gal
Lutz, Robert A.; background of; career path of; EV1 and; on Letterman show; Volt and
Magna
magnesium
magnesium chloride
magnetism
magnetohydrodynamic reactors
magnets
Mali-Volts
Mandate, the
manganese
mania
Manthiram, Arumugam
Materials Research Society
Matsushita
Max Planck Institute
Maxwell, James Clerk
McDermitt Caldera
McLaren Mercedes Formula One “Kinetic Energy Recovery System” class race car
medicine, lithium’s uses in
memory effect
Menlo Park
mental illness
Mercedes-Benz
mercury
Mesa, Carlos
methanol-air fuel cells
methyl isocyanate gas
Mexico
Michigan
microchip technology
MicroTAC Elite
Middle East
Miller, Ted
Milwaukee, Wis.
Mini
Mini Es
mining companies
Minneapolis, Minn.
MIT; Lincoln Laboratory of
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Cable
Mitsui
Mizushima, Koichi
Mobira Senator
MoliCel
Moli Energy
molybdenum disulfide
Mongolia
Montreal, University of
Moore, Geoffrey A.
Morales, Evo; inauguration of; at pilot plant’s groundbreaking
Morris, Henry G.
Morrison, William
motorcycles, electric
Motorola
Motorola StarTAC
Motor Trend
Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) Party
Mulally, Alan
Musk, Elon
Mussolini, Benito
NAATBatt
Nanjundaswamy, Kirakodu
“nano phosphate” battery packs
nanotechnology
Nasser, Gamal Abdel
National Academy of Sciences
National Alliance for Advanced Technology Batteries
National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Press Club
national security
National Union Electric Company
Nature
Nature Materials
Navy, Bolivian
Nazar, Linda
Nazca Plate
NEC
Nelson, Paul
neurotransmitters
neutrons
Nevada; lithium in; statehood for
New Jersey
New York, N.Y.; buses in; Penn Club in; trolleys in
New York, State University of (Binghamton)
New York Times, The; on Tesla Roadster; on Volt
NiCad batteries
Nicholson, William
nickel
nickel-cadmium batteries
nickel-iron batteries
nickel-metal-hydride batteries
Nikkei Weekly, The
niobium
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)
Nissan; Renault’s alliance with
Nissan Cube
Nissan Leaf
nitrates
Nixon, Richard M.
Nokia
Nordic Mining
North American International Auto Show (2007)
North American International Auto Show (2009)
North American International Auto Show (2010)
North American Review
North Sea
NTT DOCOMO
nuclear energy
nuclear reactors
NuvoMedia
Obama, Barack
Oersted, Hans Christian
Ohara
oil; advantages of; batteries compared with; conservation of; dependence on; geopolitics of; glut in; price increases of; running out of; slump in sales of
/> oil companies
oil embargo (1973)
Okada, Shigeto
Oligopoly
olivines; doping of
18650 cells
OnStar
OPEC
Opel
Operation Trinity
Oppama Research Center
Orocobre
Osaka
Osaka Prefecture
Otto, Nicolaus
Otto cycle engine
Outing
Ovshinsky, Stan
Oxford University
oxides
oxygen
Oyu Tolgoi project
Padhi, Akshaya
Page, Larry
Paine, Chris
Pampa Calichera
Panasonic
Pancaldi, Giuliano
paper
Paris
particulate-pollution standards
Pastos Grandes
Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. (PTO)
patents of Edison; Japanese
Patil, Prabakhar
PCWorld
pegmatite
Pelosi, Nancy
Penn Club
“Perpetual Watch”
petalite
Petris, Nicholas C.
Peugeot
Peugeot Citroën
pharmaceutical industry
Phelan, Mark
PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles)
Philadelphia International Airport
Philippart, Gustave
phosphate
phosphides, metal-rich
phosphorus
Phostech Lithium
photoelectrolysis
physics
Piercy, George
Pinochet, Augusto
Pinochet, Maria Veronica
Planck, Max
Planté, Gaston
platinum
plug-in cars; cost benchmarks for; Obama’s goal for; see also Chevrolet Volt
Plug-In conference (July 2008)
Poison Control Center, Japanese
pollution: air, see air pollution; from batteries
polymers/polymer batteries
polyolefin
PolyPlus
Ponce Lerou, Julio César
Pope, Albert
population growth
Porsche
Porsche 918 Spyder
Portland General Electric
Posawatz, Tony
POSCO
Positivist Calendar
potassium
potassium chloride (potash)
potassium hydroxide
Potosí
Potosí, El
PrEView test-fleet program
printers
prismatic cells
Prius, see Toyota Prius
Prize, The (Yergin)
protons
Puccini, Giacomo
Pyenson, Eric
Qualcomm
quinoa farmers
Quiroga, Jorge
Quisbert, Francisco
race cars
RadioShack
Ralston Purina
Rastler, Dan
Rattner, Steven
Ravet, Nathalie
Rayovac
Razón, La
Reagan, Ronald
recession
rechargeable batteries; Edison’s views on; lithium; lithium-air; lithium-ion; Planté’s breakthrough on; U.S. lack of interest in
Reckoning, The (Halberstam)
Red Herring
Reinert, Bill
Reliance Electric
Renault
Republicans
rhyolite
Richmond, Va.
Riker, A. L.
Riley, Bart
Ring, Douglas H.
Rio Grande (river)
Rio Grande (village)
Rio Tinto
Roadster, see Tesla Roadster
Roelants du Vivier, Guillermo
Rolls-Royce
Roskill
Royal Society, British
Rutherford, Ernest
Saarinen, Eero
Sadoway, Donald
Saft
Salar de Atacama; benefits of; evaporation pools at
Salar de Carmen
Salar del Hombre Muerto
Salar de Uyuni; described; evaporation pools at; jeep tours of; logistical problems of; pilot plant at; Salar de Atacama compared with
Salom, Pedro
Salta
Salton Sea
saltpeter (caliche)
salts
Samsung
San Cristóbal mines
San Francisco, Calif.
San Pedro de Atacama
Santa Monica Municipal Airport
Santini, Danilo
Sanyo
Sarkozy, Nicolas
Sarton, George
Saturn dealerships
Saturn Vue
Saudi Arabia
Schallenberg, Richard H.
Schiffer, Michael Brian
Schlesinger, James R.
Science
Science and the Modern World (Whitehead)
SEC
Segway
“self-assembling” batteries
separators
Sequoia Capital
Serbia
serotonin
7–Up Lithiated Lemon-Lime (7UP)
Sexton, Chelsea
SGSS (Smart Grid Stabilization System)
shale oil
Shenzhen
Shnayerson, Michael
Siemens
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund
silicon
Silicon Valley
silver
Silver Peak, Nev.
silver-zinc batteries
Simbol
Six-Day War
Skoll, Jeff
Smith, Roger
smog
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM)
Society of Automotive Engineers
soda, lithiated
sodium
sodium borosilicate glass
sodium chloride (halite; table salt)
sodium nitrate
sodium-sulfur batteries
Sohio
solar energy
Solis, Hilda
Sony lithium-ion battery commercialized by; product recalls and
Sony-Energytec
Sony-Eveready
South American Plate
Southern California Edison
South Korea
space applications, batteries for
Spain
Spiegel, Der
spodumene
sports cars
Sprague, Frank Julian
SQM, see Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
Stanford University
StarTAC
Stata Center
steam cars
steam-powered dynamos
Stewart, Ken
Stiles, James
stimulus package
strikes
subsidies, government
Suez Crisis (1956)
suicide rates
sulfides
sulfur
sulfuric acid
Sumitomo
Sunraycer solar-powered car
superconductors/superconductivity
“swallowing issue”
Sweden
Sykes, Hollister B.
synthetic hydrocarbon fuels
Syria
Tahil, William
Taken for a Ride (Doyle)
Talison
Tandy
Tandy, Charles
tantalum disulfide
Tarpenning, Marc
tax credits
taxes
taxis
telecom cabinets
telegraph
telephone companies
telephones: car; cellular, see cellular phones
Tennessee
teslafounders.com
Tesla Model S
Tesla
Motors; battery safety issues and; Musk’s investment in; secrecy of
Tesla Roadster
Texas, University of (Austin)
Thackeray, Michael
Thales of Miletus
thermal runaway
thermonuclear weapons
Think
Tianjin
Tierra
Time
titanium
titanium disulfide
Toronto
torpedo fish
Toshiba
tourism
Toyota; electric-car mini-bubble and; lithium and; on Volt
Toyota Prius; aero in; of Chiang
Toyota RAV4
Toyota RAV4–EV
Tozawa, Keizaburo
Train, Kenneth
Transportation Department, U.S.
Treaty of Peace and Friendship (1904)
Trinity Church
triphylite (lithium iron phosphate)
trolleys
“Trouble with Lithium, The” (Tahil)
“Trouble with Lithium 2, The” (Tahil)
Troy, Mich.
Trueman, David L.
TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange)
tungsten bronzes
Turner, Lance
Twitter
Type E nickel-iron battery
tzero
Union Army
Union Carbide
United Auto Workers (UAW)
United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC)
UPS
Upton, Fred
uric acid
USA Weekend
Usual Suspects, The (film)
utilities
Utö
U-verse broadband network
Uyuni
Valdivia earthquake
Valence Technology
Valleywag.com
vanadium
Venezuela
Vieau, David
Visco, Steve
Volckmar, E.
Volk, Magnus
Volkswagen AG (VW)
Volkswagen-Audi
Volkswagens
Volt, see Chevrolet Volt
Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio
Wabash Plain Dealer
Wagner, Carl
Wagoner, Rick; dismissal of; EV1 cancellation and; at North American Auto Show (2009); in Washington
Walkman
Wall Street (movie)
Wall Street Journal, The
War of the Pacific (Saltpeter War)
Warren, Mich.; journalists’ Volt driving in
Washington, D.C.
Washington Post, The
watches
water; breakdown of; drinking
Weber, Frank
Weber, Neil
Western Lithium
Western Uranium
Westinghouse, George
Whitacre, Ed
Whitehead, Alfred North
Whitney, William C.
Whittingham, Michael Stanley
Who Killed the Electric Car? (documentary)
Wilcke, Winfried
Will, George
wind energy
winders
wind tunnel
Winterkorn, Martin
wireless revolution; see also cellular phones
Wiseman, Philip
Witness to Grace (Goodenough)