Ultracapacitors: Power for Greener, More Efficient Cars

Automotive OEMs are developing cars with smaller engines that provide adequate power in bigger platforms and boost performance with electrical energy by using Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS), some utilizing ultracapacitors to capture and store regenerative braking energy.

Ultracapacitors: What’s so good about ‘em anyway?

Ultracapacitors are not exactly a household word or a household item today but they certainly have gained a significant amount of attention in technical circles, and now are seeing more commercial press coverage and commercial success as the business of ultracapacitors has crested from the imagined to the real over the past five years.