Battery management is the bane of every portable/mobile electronic device owner’s existence. So it is nice to see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory solving the problems that prevent lithium-ion batteries from being widely used in electric vehicles. Venkat Srinivasan, one of the scientists working on the project, writes an authoritative blog about the practical considerations of rechargeable batteries. Judging from what I have “learned the hard way” about batteries, Mr. Srinivasan knows his stuff. And he writes well.
His advice on lithium-ion, NiMH, NiCd, and lead-acid batteries is poetry to my ears.