Thanks to Sam Kome, who pointed out this article on innovation in battery technology. The effort is led by Dr. Ellen Williams, director of ARPA-E.
Here’s a release from Reuters: A wing of the U.S. Department of Energy focused on breakthrough technologies may soon give billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s most recent foray into energy storage a run for its money, the unit’s director said.
Read more in an article in The Guardian and another in venturebeat.com.