It was something related to the electric car. You see, back until then, electric cars had only been able to run around 60 miles on a single charge. That made them uninteresting to the general public. and not a solid alternative to the conventional car. But this seized to be a problem when Ovshinsky invented an incredibly large capacity NiMh battery. that increased the electric car s autonomy 5 times - or up to 300 miles on a single charge ! Curious about who acquired the patent for this technology? It s not some space-age company specialized in green techs. Nor is it an environmentalist group who s trying to break us free from foreign oil. It s not even a car producer. (Actually, it's General Motors that sold the patent in the first p...