Bottled Lightning

Just finished another book.  This one is "Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars and the New Lithium Economy" by Seth Fletcher.  It's a look back at the development of batteries and the electric car starts and stops over the decades, and a look forward into the future, which seems to have lithium playing a huge role. 

It's rather sad to see Bolivia, which probably possesses the largest reserves of lithium on the planet, floundering to produce it for market because they are so afraid of being exploited by foreign mega-corporations.  The fear is grounded in fact, but it's hampering their development, big time.  Highly recommended.

Our next car will absolutely be an electric car, but not until one of our current cars falls apart!

There is a good review of the book here.