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Like too many Americans, when the recession hit Annette Herrera found herself without a job. For two and a half years she worked the phones and culled the classifieds, searching for an opportunity to work and earn a paycheck.

Lithium-ion batteries are in almost every cell phone, as well as cameras, camcorders, and computers. Dr. Abraham explains, "Our goal is to get the batteries into our cars –- into the next generation of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles." Learn more.

How Lynn Gantt’s EcoCAR experience took him from studying general mechanics to working at General Motors.

How A123 Systems evolved from a team of researchers at MIT to becoming the world's second largest producer of lithium-ion batteries.

How East Penn Manufacturing went from a small business, founded by a father and son just after the close of World War II, to an expanding manufacturer of advanced batteries for hybrid electric vehicles.

Jeff Chamberlain, who leads Argonne's Energy Storage Initiative, explains what goes into taking advanced battery technologies from the lab to the marketplace.

EnerG2 is a Seattle-based company that manufactures a black powder carbon material that is used to store energy in high-performance batteries and ultracapacitors, energy storage systems with very high energy density. They recently received Recovery Act funding to support a new production facility in Oregon.

Just outside Baton Rouge in Zachary, Louisiana, sits Novolyte Technologies, a battery component manufacturer in business since the early 1970s, making components for batteries used in everything from calculators to hearing aids.

An interview with Dr. Oleg Wasynczuk, the professor behind Purdue's EV101 Introduction to Electric Vehicle Systems course, which aims to re-train workers on the technologies needed to design and manufacture hybrid and electric vehicles.

With a little help from the Recovery Act, Saft, a lithium-ion battery designer, developer and manufacturer, is breaking ground on a new advanced battery plant in Jacksonville, Florida.

A123 Systems, of Watertown, Mass., was awarded a $249 million Recovery Act grant from the U.S. Department of Energy in August that will help implement the company’s strategy for the construction of lithium-ion battery manufacturing facilities in the U.S., with the first location being constructed in Livonia, Michigan.

Right now, manufacturers of electric cars too often have to rely on foreign suppliers for the high-performance batteries needed in those vehicles. But a new project underway at Celgard LLC in Charlotte, N.C., with help from stimulus funding awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy, will enable the company to supply more of a key component in high-performance batteries, helping the U.S. get ahead of the curve in establishing a supply base for electric cars that isn’t reliant on other countries.