The Replacement For the Battery? 318
jackd writes "Great article in Technology Review, bordering on 'too good to be true,' about a small company in Texas that is developing the replacement for the electrochemical battery. The device is a kind of hybrid battery-ultracapacitor based on barium-titanate powders. Quoting: 'The company boldly claims that its system... will dramatically outperform the best lithium-ion batteries on the market in terms of energy density, price, charge time, and safety... The implications are enormous and, for many, unbelievable. Such a breakthrough has the potential to radically transform a transportation sector already flirting with an electric renaissance.'"
Charged in 10 minutes (Score:1, Funny)
Pound for pound. (Score:4, Funny)
10 amp-hour 12V Li-Ion Battery: 500 grams ($100).
versus
10 amp-hour 12V Ultracapacitor (or 36-amp-second 12kV ultracapacitor): 50 grams ($100).
Current-limiting resistor of sufficient wattage rating to ensure that ultracapacitor storing that much energy won't vaporize any conductor that it happens to touch...: 450g. ($Priceless)
I don't know about you but... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I hope they last long (Score:4, Funny)
>> whats next.. ubercapacitors? ubersuperultracapacitors..
googlecapacitors!
Good news, bad news... (Score:5, Funny)
The bad news: it's Sony.
Re:Can I buy stock in this company? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I hope they last long (Score:5, Funny)
I for one welcome our new googlecapacitor overlords.
Re:Good news, bad news... (Score:4, Funny)
The news is still good
Re:Don't Try This At Home (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Miracles Required? (Score:3, Funny)
filling a gas tank and charging a battery are surprisingly different propositions.
So are filling a tank with gas compared with getting a bag of feed for the horse.
Re:About fast charging... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Why are they even trying to do cars? (Score:5, Funny)
Ok, this will sound like conspiracy theory stuff, but is it not interesting that a small company in *Texas* just happens to announce a 10- to 20-fold imrovement on battery technology - and emphasises cars more than they ought to - just when an embattled prez is preparing to announce new domestic energy policies, and is widely blamed for foreign policies that are driving up oil prices?
I was pretty sure... (Score:3, Funny)
Capacitor
SuperCapacitor
Capacitor64
Capacitor^3
Gii
Re:Fantastic! Until... (Score:1, Funny)
And every hour or so, a Slashdot poster fails to recognize the most blatant sarcasm.
Jeez Louise.
Re:I don't know about you but... (Score:5, Funny)
I've been insulated from this kind of humor all my life, and frankly, it made me want to bolt. I'm trying to resist, but my capacity for remaining grounded has charged off over the horizon, transforming me from a person who inducts current events into their personality to one who follows an entirely different arc.
Re:Why are they even trying to do cars? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sounds great! (Score:3, Funny)
It does indeed sound aw.. ahh crap!! low battery warning!!
-- Jim.
Re:I hope they last long (Score:2, Funny)
FLUX capacitors.
Silicon Valley's venture capital you say?! (Score:1, Funny)