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500 Miles on a 5-Minute Recharge?
ctroutwi writes "In the wake of rising gasoline costs there have been plenty of alternatives seen on the horizon. Including Hybrids, Biofuels, fuel cells and battery powered all electric cars. CNN has recently posted a story about a company (EEStor) that plans on offering UltraCapacitor storage products. The claim being that you charge the ultracapacitor in 5 minutes, with approximately $9 of electricity and then drive 500 miles."
As long as you get the ultrafluxcapacitor car going at 88 mph, you can go anywhen... ahem anywhere.
Where were you when the voynix came?
How about a system in which cars connect to electric lines along the highways, like they use for electric busses and trollies, and use ultra-capacitors to get from the highway to your home?
Behold the future.
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CNN has recently posted a story about a company (EEStor) that plans on offering UltraCapacitor storage products. The claim being that you charge the ultracapacitor in 5 minutes, with approximately $9 of electricity and then drive 500 miles.
This is simply shocking news.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Exploding laptop batteries are one thing, but exploding fully-charged ultracapacitors, now you are talking real damage.
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I'm thinking of a system more like this...
At what cost per kWh does it require 1.21 gigawatts?
Ha!
What would car crashes look like in the movies in the future with these cars?
A blinding light, a loud "BZZZZZT!", and a mess of welded metal with organic matter fused to it.
Of course the good guys would be able to cut themselves out or break away and the bad guys would have their limbs and face in various places of the ex-vehicle.
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Pfft. That will barely get you to the store.
Fnord.