Stop-Start Autos: A Simple Premise

In my last post, I observed that in automotive design, as with so many things in life, the simplest answer is often the best answer. The question at hand was how best to make cars greener and more economical to operate. My answer is what the industry calls “stop-start idle elimination.”
In keeping with the K-I-S-S [...]

A Simple Proposal: Mandate Equal Time for Mild and Micro Hybrids

 
I gave a talk at a conference recently on the topic of mild and micro hybrids and asked the audience: Why is it taking so long for U.S. automakers to convert more new vehicle sales to mild or micro hybrid vehicles? I maintain it is a focus and attention problem. It is definitely not a [...]

Maxwell’s involvement with China has grown!

 
As Maxwell’s involvement with China has grown, both to source low-cost commodities and assembly labor for our ultracapacitor products and as an increasingly significant consumer of our products, I have become a regular visitor to this amazing country and a fascinated observer of its dynamic economy.
A couple of weeks ago, I was reading a Western [...]

Europe Loves Cleantech and Maxwell

I went to Europe last month to have some on one-on-one meetings with managers of different SRI funds (Sustainable Renewable Investments) in Geneva and Zurich, so obviously they were interested in cleantech.  I came away impressed with the extensive amount of homework these managers had done to really understand Maxwell’s ultracapacitor technology and business. 
Face-to-face meetings [...]