Ford, University of Michigan Open Next-Generation EV Battery Research Lab 67
cartechboy writes "Its no secret that one constraint on electric vehicle adoption is battery production capacity and cost. Right now battery costs add thousands of dollars in price tags on electric vehicles, so the race is on to gain capacity make cheaper batteries. Today, Ford and the University of Michigan are announcing an $8 million EV experimental battery research lab to try and accelerate this type of early testing. The lab, which will be on campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will allow automakers, battery makers and individual researchers to test battery cells earlier in the process than ever. The lab says it will have strict controls to protect each entity's individual intellectual property as the research in theory happens all in one place."
Re:Eight WHOLE Million!?! (Score:5, Insightful)
Somewhere down near the bottom you find things like "research", not because they aren't important, but because it just doesn't cost as much as the mandatory things like "pay the employees".
"Research" and "pay the employees" are not different things. In fact, most money budgeted to research is used to pay employees that are researchers.
Misinformation (Score:2, Insightful)
There are many types of corn. The most readily edible is sweetcorn. It can be eaten raw if you wish.