We take you on a journey through the history of batteries and e-cars and present some facts that will surely surprise you. In this podcast episode, Prof. Jürgen Janek tells us which batteries the first e-cars ran on, whether there was range anxiety back then, which important inventions were made possible by research on batteries, and how developments in electromobility and battery innovations often went hand in hand. Minor spoiler: even Mary Shelley's Frankenstein makes an appearance in this history lesson.
The book mentioned in the sequel: Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy by Seth Fletcher, ISBN: 9780809030644.
