Have a question about the future of batteries? Post it below or e-mail askascientist@lbl.gov and Venkat Srinivasan may answer it in a follow-up vid next week. He's a Berkeley Lab battery scientist and a big part of a new Department of Energy hub tasked with making revolutionary advances in battery performance. If you've been wondering about what's next for EVs, what it'll take to store electricity from solar panels for use at night, battery-related jobs, or why your smartphone keeps dying -- Venkat's your guy.
UPDATE 12/13: Watch the follow-up video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9ukJZ...
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