"But that's not what happened. Instead of the batteries becoming the next great American success story, the warehouse is now shuttered and empty. All the employ

"But that's not what happened. 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. First in 2017, as part of a sublicense, and later, in 2021, as part of a license transfer." https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1114964240/new-battery-technology-china-vanadium https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1114964240/new-battery-techno...