Hammond: China Has Decisively Leapfrogged the US in Battery Technology
Samuel Hammond · Why Industrialization WON'T Create New JOBS | Samuel Hammond on TBPN April 8th · Apr 10, 2025 · at 16:25
Samuel Hammond, Chief Economist at the Foundation for American Innovation, assesses the competitive landscape between the United States and China in robotics and hardware manufacturing.
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“Yes, we have the data centers and the better models, but China, you know, has the batteries, right? They have like that. That's one area where they have leapfrogged us and whether it's electric vehicles or robotics or drones, like we need to have our own battery stack”
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