World-first supercapacitor-hybrid e-moto gets a chance to prove itself

Audacious French company Nawa showed off a concept bike in 2019, claiming its supercapacitor-hybrid battery pack could massively boost power and urban range for electric motorcycles. Now, it seems we’ll get a chance to see if the numbers stack up.Conti… Continue reading World-first supercapacitor-hybrid e-moto gets a chance to prove itself→

Aura Aerospace pitches Powercell ultracapacitor powertrains for eVTOL

San Francisco company Aura Aerospace is working on a remarkably odd idea: replacing batteries in electric VTOL air taxis with high-powered “Powercell” ultracapacitors capable of massive power output and 10-minute charging.Continue ReadingCategory: Airc… Continue reading Aura Aerospace pitches Powercell ultracapacitor powertrains for eVTOL→

Hybrid supercapacitor offers NiMH energy density, charges much faster

Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology have added another hybrid supercapacitor design to the mix, promising the near-instant charge and discharge of a supercap with vastly improved energy storage on par with NiMH batteries.Continue Rea… Continue reading Hybrid supercapacitor offers NiMH energy density, charges much faster→

Skeleton’s high-power Superbattery is more interesting than we thought

We got it wrong, folks. Working from a scant press release we’d now view as borderline misleading, we looked at the Superbattery from Estonia’s Skeleton Technologies and assumed the company was talking about a hybrid power system combining lithium batt… Continue reading Skeleton’s high-power Superbattery is more interesting than we thought→

Skeleton and KIT promise graphene SuperBattery with 15-second charging

Estonia’s Skeleton Technologies and Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have partnered up to complete development on what they’re calling the SuperBattery for EVs – “a groundbreaking graphene battery with a 15-second charging time.”Continue Rea… Continue reading Skeleton and KIT promise graphene SuperBattery with 15-second charging→