This Time, We Really Do Seem to Be Moving to a New Age of Superbatteries and Electric Vehicles

After decades of false starts, the moment has finally arrived

Steve LeVine
The Mobilist
Published in
4 min readNov 17, 2020

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An illustrated collage with an electric vehicle, a battery, a charge symbol, a lightbulb, and more.
Illustration: James Marshall

Batteries incensed Thomas Edison, and not just batteries, but battery makers. In a much-quoted 1883 interview, Edison griped about his unsuccessful efforts to find a battery that would hold a charge long…

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Steve LeVine
The Mobilist

Editor at Large, Medium, covering the turbulence all around us, electric vehicles, batteries, social trends. Writing The Mobilist. Ex-Axios, Quartz, WSJ, NYT.