How the U.S. gave away a breakthrough battery technology to China : NPR

How the U.S. gave away a breakthrough battery technology to China : NPR

• The U.S. made a breakthrough battery discovery — then gave the technology to China

"...Instead of the batteries becoming the next great American success story, the warehouse is now shuttered and empty. 

All the employees who worked there were laid off. 

And more than 5,200 miles away, a Chinese company is hard at work making the batteries in Dalian, China.

• The Chinese company didn't steal this technology. 
• It was given to them — by the U.S. Department of Energy..."