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The Electric: The Pentagon Advocates Long-Shot Batteries to Leapfrog China
The Pentagon, pushing back against China’s dominance of the batteries used in electric vehicles, AI data centers, weaponry and almost everything else, is bolstering U.S. efforts to leapfrog well ahead of Chinese battery technology.
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The Pentagon is pushing for unconventional, high-risk battery technologies as a deliberate strategy to outpace China's dominance in energy storage supply chains. This signals a US government funding shift in battery R&D with direct implications for hardware supply chains and defense-adjacent tech procurement decisions.
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