New Capacitor Technology May Improve Hybrid Vehicle Performance

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Wiyosaya, Mar 14, 2007.

  1. Wiyosaya

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    Thanks to this site.
     
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    Flux capacitor. Old school. :)
    Seriously, good article!!
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ZenCruiser @ Mar 14 2007, 02:04 PM) [snapback]405497[/snapback]</div>
    Considering the original source, I screen everything I read there very, very carefully. ;) They do have some very, very good articles on a regular basis, so it isn't all ZPMs. :lol:
    All the best,
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    Well, considering I've already heard that they can use carbon nanotubes to exponentially increase the capacity of a capacitor it's not that far of a stretch. In fact, I was thinking that that's exactly what the article was going to say. The capacitors that I read about before said they could hold at least as much as batteries we had today, although I don't remember what kind of battery they were talking about, and that it would be recharged INSTANTLY. Basically it would be the ultimate battery for a hybrid, or EV.

    That was well over a year ago though.

    It'll be great to see what these types of "batteries" can do for a hybrid.
     
    #4 alexstarfire, Mar 15, 2007
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