I Helped Design The Original Tesla Battery. Here's How America Can Lead The World Again

14 May 2026 | Abstracted from Fortune

China controls nearly all battery‑grade graphite, leaving the U.S. vulnerable if exports stop. Gene Berdichevsky argues the U.S. cannot catch up by copying China’s graphite industry and should instead leap ahead with silicon–carbon anodes, which offer higher energy density, faster charging, and a supply chain based on abundant quartz rather than Chinese materials.

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