As China embraces electric cars, this start-up is trying to profit from a 60-year-old smart glass technology
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The explosive growth of China’s new energy vehicle industry and recent breakthroughs in lab research have offered fresh hope that electrochromic technology for glass is ready for wide adoption.
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He Jiazhi, a Purdue University chemistry PhD graduate, is on a mission to bring electrochromic (EC) technology for glass out of the research lab and into the hands of thousands of consumers.
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