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  • Simon · 3 years ago
    OK, here's something of a three-minute primer for those who assume that if it's not pottery it's not ceramic. Aluminum oxide IS a ceramic powder. and glass IS a ceramic. The secret is not really that big of a secret. You're probably looking at a gargantuan-sized capacitor not that different fom those that operate a cell phone. Barium titanate substrates coated with a metal in uber-thin layers(probably in the micron-scale), millions of them, probably fortified with alumina and silica to increase the insulation between the layers. The company blows smoke by talking nonsense. I hope they are not just blowing smoke, because as a ceramic engineer and an environmentalist this product would be insanely significant.
  • Shasta · 3 years ago
    I would love to see this paired with that Hybrid Mini that was floating around the web a few weeks ago. The size also seems much smaller too. Get a pair of these that take turn charging and discharging powered off of the small gas powered generator and reciprocative braking/power generation you'd have a kick ass car that could cross the country on a single tank of gas. Cool
  • Ian Weir · 3 years ago
    Looks promising. I want one (or two?) of these babies in a Tesla Roadster. That would be awesome beyond description.
  • jim Stack · 3 years ago
    I'd be glad to test these in my EV and report back on the real world performance. %K doesn't seem too high a price.
    Fast charging would be a hugh demand on peak power on the grid and transformers. I hope people won't start charging during peak hours !!
  • Ron Ed · 2 years ago
    First articles on EEstor came out in late 2005, early 2006 suggesting independent verification in weeks and small production runs by end 2006. Sounds like they may have jumped the gun and all is not as it seems. We're now out to 2008. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
  • Anonymous · 2 years ago
    This sound like fiction, equivalent to evolve from bicycle to mach 5 supper jet in matter of days. Nothing come near even the best today supper capacitors. This could charge faster, 5 minutes charge for this supper capacitor because involve of current regulator circuit and of course for discharge also.
  • Cris Ramos · 1 year ago
    supper?
  • Jjim · 1 year ago
    What I can recall from inorganic chemistry years ago is that you only get out the energy you give. Even at 100% , the energy put into the system is equivalent to a 5 minute charge-how can you go 5oo miles on a 5 minute charge? You have stored at most 5 minutes of electricity.
  • Cris Ramos · 1 year ago
    How Much!?!?! Ball park.