Edison: The Nickel Iron battery invented 120 years ago
Nickel Iron battery invented 120 years ago BBC Original Note: By Allison Hirschlag23rd – February 2021 At the turn of the 20th Century, Thomas Edison invented a battery with the unusual quirk of producing hydrogen. Now, 120 years later, the battery is coming into its own. Traveling down a gravelly road in West Orange, New Jersey, an electric car sped by pedestrians, some clearly surprised by the vehicle’s roomy interior. It travelled at twice the speed of the more conventional …