New Battery Technology
How would you like a battery that could charge your car up for a 500 mile trip in just 5 minutes? EEStor’s Electrical Energy Storage Unit, or EESU can apparently do just that:
EEStor’s take on the ultracapacitor — called the Electrical Energy Storage Unit, or EESU — combines the best of both worlds. The advance is based on a barium-titanate insulator claimed to increase the specific energy far beyond that achievable with today’s ultracapacitor technology. It is claimed that this new advance allows for a specific energy of about 280 watts per kilogram — more than double that of the most advanced lithium-ion technology and ten times that of lead-acid batteries. This could translate into an electric vehicle capable of traveling up to 500 miles on a five minute charge, compared with current battery technology which offers an average 50-100 range on an overnight charge. As if that weren’t enough, the company claims they will be able to mass-produce the units at a fraction of the cost.
According to the company, the “battery” (technically, a capactitor) would be much more environmental and have a much longer lifespan than typical batteries.
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