Drive 500 miles on a 5 minute charge, new form of electrical storage

[Paul-R]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EEstor

If this is a supercapacitor, then we are back to the problem of what happens
when a fuharged cap is involved in a car crash. The cap instantly discharging
would blow the car to bits.
Paul.

[retrod]

If this is a supercapacitor, then we are back to the problem of what happens
when a fuharged cap is involved in a car crash. The cap instantly discharging
would blow the car to bits.
Paul.

Yep, any and all operating conditions will have to be tested (especially for automotive use). If you follow the money link on the wiki (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) looks like they will have sufficient funding.

RD

[alan]

How about this:
http://www.altairnano.com/markets_energy_systems.html

[pese]

Even, battery or condensor...
You will load this from electricity in FAST times.

Not ony the fully Kilowatts/hour (If you need to drive only ONE hour.

If Your car have spend 50kW/h

than you must load 500Kwatts/6minutes
for fast load !

Even if you will load 50kW/h or 500KW in 6 minutes (to charge the batteries)
your home-power-line will make problems with your experiments...

[alan]

Guess the charging line will consist of a multiphase signal  ?