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Charge in 5 minutes, Drive 500 miles?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the shocking-discoveries dept.

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 Ultra-Capacitor storage products. The claim being that you charge the ultra-capacitor in 5 minutes, with approximately 9$ (~$.45 a gallon) of electricity and then drive 500 miles."

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  1. Re:How Much Does the Capacitor Cost? by BasilBrush · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Also, I doubt they're hooking it to a regular outlet if they're getting $9 of electricity out of it in five minutes. Granted, you could make charge stations that are similar to gas stations (or add them to gas stations) but you really should list all the materials we would need when considering the cost of this alternative.

    You mean like the "electrical energy stations" mentioned in TFA, from which a 5 minute charge may be obtained?