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