Yet-Ming Chiang: Impact of Materials Advances on Batteries for the Coming Electric Vehicle Revolution 2/15/2008 [56k modem] [broadband] [cable/DSL] 67 minutes Yet-Ming Chiang, a professor of ceramics at MIT, gave a status report on real-world applications for rechargeable lithium batteries, which are now widely considered to be a technology that is critical for enabling the widespread implementation of electrified vehicles. He also discussed the underlying materials science and explained his lab's work on lithium transition metal olivine compounds, which underpin much of the new battery technology.