{"685362":{"#nid":"685362","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Inside the rush to buy an electric vehicle","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECar companies are continuing to improve how much power batteries can hold and how long they last. It\u2019s the most important component in an EV, says Micah Ziegler, who studies sustainable energy and chemical technologies and public policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. And scientists are \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1149\/1945-7111\/ad88a8\u0022 dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eworking on new designs\u003C\/a\u003E that might stretch battery life infinitely longer.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEVs are increasingly affordable and reliable\u2014but there\u2019s a lot to learn before you get to the dealership. Here\u2019s what it\u2019s like to navigate the switch.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2025-09-29 16:16:27","changed_gmt":"2026-03-11 17:38:30","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"National Geographic","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4sEGkST","dateline":{"date":"2025-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"188853","name":"go-seiinthenews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}