The future will be battery-powered—and it’s closer than you think. Introducing The Mobilist, a new blog from GEN and Marker contributor Steve LeVine that goes deep into the world of super batteries and electric vehicles. The electric vehicle was in reach more than a hundred years ago when Thomas Edison went up against Henry Ford’s gas-powered car. But this time it looks like batteries may win the day: “Human mobility appears to be on the cusp of the next shift — to electric and perhaps driverless propulsion.”