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...tension between the two parts of Joshua’s life—his childhood in the slums and his later success as a lawyer—could set the stage for a movie on its own, as could his deteriorating relationship with his much-wealthier fiancé Linda (Ion Overman), who is also an assistant district attorney. By contrast, the storyline of Madea’s life and family offers little more than anecdotes of her problems with anger management, which she never admits to herself or to others.What makes the two parts so disparate in quality, then...
What Bolivia is after is a largely, if not purely, state-run lithium industry from mining to industrialization, which might even include actual manufacturing of the coveted lithium-ion batteries. Morales recently announced a $5.7 million pilot plant to process raw lithium carbonate, now under construction on the edge of the Salar, which hopes to produce its first 40 metric tons of the material by the end of this year...
...core question is whether Bolivia's lithi-leverage will eventually drive up the price of those batteries, which can already add about $10,000 to the cost of a car. Experts say that as production of the lithium-ion packs increases, they're actually getting closer in price to cheaper but less effective nickel-based batteries. Still, a big factor will be whether the demand for them rises as much as anticipated. "It is difficult to predict just how many electric vehicles we will see in the market," says Jennifer Moore, a spokeswoman for Ford, which hopes to have...
...submitted to DOE by mid-December. Among the requestors is Tesla of Menlo Park, Calif., which is building a battery-powered sports car that will sell for more than $100,000. Telsa has asked for $480 million in government money, while A123, which has developed a lithium-ion battery for cars, is seeking $1.5 billion. The smaller companies, many of them based in California, have been lobbying hard to make sure they get their share of the $25 billion. They have received support from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger...
...seems, relies not only on whether their purchase and use will catch on, but also on how good the car batteries can become: how much power they can hold, and for how long, has long been the technology's main stumbling point. GM's plans to build a lithium-ion battery plant in Michigan to assemble battery packs could presage a new technology race among the big three and companies in nations like India and China to see who can first build the battery that will make affordable, long-driving electric cars a reality...