The Chinese have renewed their commitment to Li-air batteries recently. They reviewed significant developments and the remaining challenges of a practical Li-air battery. Furthermore they have said that the Li-air battery's energy capacity of 13,000 Wh kg−1—quite close to the 13,200 Wh kg−1 of gasoline. But they emphasized that the Li-air battery is still in its embryonic stages at best. Perhaps its time for some good old American know how to show them how it is done.
I wish we could go back to the days of tinkers and ideas that came to light virtually overnight. But with the patent laws the way that they are now written everyone who now drives a Ford product would instead be driving a Westinghouse. See George Westinghouse let Henry Ford work on his invention with all of Westinghouse's tools-- see Henry Ford was a machnist for Westinghouse if I am not mistaken. Which by today's laws would make it a Westinghouse and not a Ford.
Another thing I bet most of you are unaware of is the support George Westinghouse offered Nikola Tesla. See Westinghouse bought Tesla's AC motor patent from him, with the understanding he would pay him per kilowatt which he installed. But things did not go very well for old Westinghouse and it would have broke him if he had honored his deal. So Tesla just tore up the contract that he had with Westinghouse and told him not to worry about it.
Westinghouse was also an inventor himself. He patented the breaking system that all locomotives now use even today. This is what afforded him the money to help Ford and Tesla out with their patents. Plus did you know that Tesla's ignition system was used in our automobiles up until about 35 years ago?
I do not feel like recapitulating to you all what they had to say, but you can find it here.
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