Ultracapacitors for electric cars looking more likely

Ultracapacitors for electric cars looking more likely

According to most experts’ expectations for electric cars, the vehicles will be fueled mainly by batteries. But there’s a dark horse competitor for energy storage: ultracapacitors, devices that store energy in an electric field. Three companies, Apowercap Technologies, Eestor and Maxwell Technologies, are looking increasingly likely to commercialize that technology.

The first, Apowercap, just received a funding commitment for between $5 and $20 million from an investment firm called EastOne Group, according to Dow Jones’ Clean… Continue Reading