STEVE LEVINE BOOKS
ABOUT THE POWERHOUSE
A worldwide race is on to perfect the next engine of economic growth, the advanced lithium-ion battery. It will power the electric car, relieve global warming, and catapult the winner into a new era of economic and political mastery. Can the United States win?
MEET THE CAST
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THE CHIEF
Jeff Chamberlain could be hokey but won his team's everlasting loyalty by earning them almost $2 million in battery royalties.
Jeff Chamberlain
photos & videos © Doug Mazell
THE BATTERY GENIUS
A Pretoria native, Mike Thackeray invented two of the major battery chemistries, including the one in the Chevy Volt.
THE BATTERY GENIUS
Born in Morocco, Khalil Amine was a scrappy and serious scientist who produced Argonne's most prolific record of patents.
CAR GUY
Don Hillebrand irritated the battery guys by forecasting that combustion cars had many more years of dominance.
THE YOUTH
Kevin Gallagher was generally upset with the tendency of battery scientists and companies to exaggerate and outright lie.
THE YOUTH
The only woman on staff, Lynn Trahey studied futuristic lithium-air technology and was met with great awkwardness from the guys.
THE YOUTH
A former heavy metal singer, Jason Croy got into physics and said his job involved encountering chaos every day.
Prophecy from the album "Gravity," by his band Connecticut Yankee.
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