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> Porsche viewed flywheel storage as more durable than lithium-ion batteries in the extreme power charge/discharge cycles of racing A few years ago supercaps w
by helsinkiandrew 4y ago
> Porsche viewed flywheel storage as more durable than lithium-ion batteries in the extreme power charge/discharge cycles of racing
A few years ago supercaps were predicted to be in every car for storing shorterm energy from breaking, since then Tesla sold Maxwell Technology [1].
Have any car makers deployed a different technology than Lithium?
1: https://passive-components.eu/tesla-sells-maxwell-technology-supercapacitors-to-ucap-power/ https://passive-components.eu/tesla-sells-maxwell-technology...
- jmgao 4y agoMazda has regenerative braking that goes to a supercap, but AFAIK it's only sporadically available in the U.S. because the American fuel economy testing standards don't benefit much from it.