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With something that has one quarter the energy density but four or more times the power density, the right place to put it commercially might be between the cha
by cestith 6y ago
With something that has one quarter the energy density but four or more times the power density, the right place to put it commercially might be between the charging station and the batteries rather than the batteries and the motor. Replace 25% of the batteries with this, charge it in a fraction of the time of the full battery pack, then have it charge the batteries while you're driving down the road. I don't need 5500 horsepower. 390 miles on a really short recharge cycle makes a lot of sense.
If one could do both, that might be nice. But cutting charging time while maintaining most of the range makes more sense than having acceleration bursts to the wheels that never make it to the road.
- m463 6y agothat's a cool idea -- put the supercap between the motor and battery, but also attach the charging port to the supercap. It would be a buffered input to the battery no matter where the energy comes from.
- blueblisters 6y agoSorry I don't quite get this - why would you charge the battery with the capacitor while you're driving down the road? Can't you just drain the capacitor and use the energy for driving?