Stop-Start: K-I-S-S for Greener Cars

You’ve heard it over and over, from the lips of football coaches, management gurus and countless others – Keep it simple stupid, or K-I-S-S.  According to Wikipedia, “The KISS principle states that simplicity should be a key goal in design and that unnecessary complexity should be avoided.”
Why, then is the quest for greener, more efficient [...]

Ultracapacitors support fuel-saving stop-start system

Responding to the European Union’s CO2 emission reduction legislation and US CAFE fuel economy targets, major automakers around the world are aggressively implementing “stop-start” idle elimination systems across their main product lines.  In fact, Industry sources forecast that within five years stop-start will be standard on 20 million internal combustion engine cars per year. However, [...]

New Emissions Standards Will Help Ultracapacitor Adoption

Ultracapacitors can be recharged through regenerative braking and provide the power needed for acceleration and starting the vehicle—making the battery last longer. By decreasing the size of the battery, and at the same time increasing its life, ultracapacitors reduce system cost for all types of hybrid vehicles.

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 [...]