EEStor UltraCaps - Too Good To Be True?

Max Dunn — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:56:00 -0700

If EEStor can achieve what they claim, it will blow open the electric vehicle market which is currently held back only by battery technology. Here is what they claim:

For a 52 kWh unit, an initial production price of $3,200, falling to $2,100.
No degradation from charge/discharge cycles
4-6 minute charge time assuming sufficient cooling of the cables.

Currently, a lithium battery pack this size would cost more than $30,000, would last less than 2,000 cycles and takes at least a couple of hours to charge.

However, EEStor is a private company and is not releasing much information to be able to verify their claims. Let’s hope that they are successful!

(Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EEStor)

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EEStor UltraCaps - Too Good To Be True?