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

[Robb077]

One possibility is another capacitor in the recharger, possibly at home, that is charged over a longer period of time and capable of transfering its charge in 5 minutes to the auto. The only time you need a 5 minute charge is on the road anyway, which is nice to have as a possibility. For this reason, its a great idea.

[Omega_0]

Any sort of electrical vehicle is a good idea however primitive and cumbersome it may initially seem.
Technology finds a way.

(Note my words )

[Super God]

I saw the article.  It mentioned five minutes from a SUBSTATION.  Still, even if we limited the current to 20 Amps and 220 volts we could store enough energy to go quite a distance.  Very impressive.

[pese]

I saw the article.  It mentioned five minutes from a SUBSTATION.  Still, even if we limited the current to 20 Amps and 220 volts we could store enough energy to go quite a distance.  Very impressive.

No this is NOTHING.

I you have 20Amp 220V to load ONE long hour
that is 4400 wats/hour.
If you load only 6 Minutes  that you loading 1/10 of them this is 440Watt/hour.
(less than 1 HP in one hour)  Some math must be wrong here....
Pese

[retrod]

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