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.

People Will Pay for Green…As Long as it Doesn’t Cost More

The company that can make an innovative solution to both go green and lower consumer costs will be the big winner because going green and saving money is a one-two combo that is irresistible to the market.

Maxwell Helps Plan the Future of Energy Storage

Ultracapacitors are here to stay. Though unrecognized for their commercial viability for most of their technological lifetime, they are now being embraced by the commercial applications that they are so well-suited for. And there’s much more to come.

Ultracapacitors and Batteries: Mortal Enemies or Best of Friends?

This is what is happening with ultracapacitors and batteries today. Batteries are being designed in where only ultracapacitors are needed. In contrast, ultracapacitors are being used where batteries just won’t do. Fortunately, there are some very progressive thinkers out there who recognize that energy delivery systems usually have more than one job to do and using the combination of the two is the best choice for the job.

Reader Question: Why Hasn’t Detroit Embraced Ultracapacitors?

Ultracapacitors have proven their value, safety, efficiency and durability in more than 1,000 public transit buses now in daily revenue service in the U.S., Europe and Asia, so we aren’t suggesting that U.S. automakers take a “leap of faith.” Rather, we are suggesting that Detroit could reinvent itself and create U.S. jobs by taking advantage of cost-effective, readily available, American technology to produce the energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly cars consumers want.

Secretary of Energy Endorses Ultracapacitors at Auto Show

At the Washington D.C. Auto Show last week, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu spoke about the Obama administration’s commitment to advancing fuel-efficient vehicles.

The Chevy Volt Needs an Ultracapacitor

I opened my Wall Street Journal with my morning coffee the other day and there on Page B2 is another story on the electric car. This time it’s the Vice Chairman of GM saying the upcoming Chevy Volt’s battery may not have much range beyond 40 miles, and that he only gets 28 miles in the Michigan cold.

Lithium everywhere but not a drop to… drive? Part II

Picking up where I left off in my previous post, I asked the question: So what is the risk of all this attention being focused on PHEVs coupled with lithium ion batteries?
My main concern is centered on the many potential mild hybrids and other vehicular hybrid solutions that are not being contemplated and not being [...]

Lithium everywhere but not a drop to… drive? Part I

You can hardly pick up a newsworthy publication on any given day without getting a hefty dose of facts, hype, propaganda, and special interest stories about lithium ion batteries. It is all there for the reading. The amount of information flowing on lithium ion batteries and their role in the ultimate salvation of the automotive [...]