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Old 01-27-2022, 05:37 PM   #50 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
As it's not meant to be used in a full-hybrid, the supercapacitors are already quite cost-effective. On a sidenote, now that much is said about graphene and how it would revolutionize the batteries, maybe it would be also interesting to take a look at carbon-based capacitors.
That's what allows current generation supercapacitors. They're already using it to achieve hundreds or thousands of farads; something that wasn't possible not long ago.

I thought that's why Tesla acquired Maxwell, but apparently not.
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