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DOE battery chief on EVs, technology hurdles and Biden's agenda

E&E News - Energywire · By Brian Dabbs · last updated

For Eric Hsieh, deputy assistant secretary for energy storage at the Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity, the breakneck growth in battery technology that’s cutting costs for electric vehicles is a direct result of big American spending on gasoline.

“The opportunity space for electric vehicles is much bigger than the opportunity space for stationary storage,” Hsieh said in an interview. “That will change eventually.”

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