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- noun A
supercapacitor .
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Based in Cedar Park, Texas, EEStor has been tight-lipped about their technology--long thought to be a special kind of ultracapacitor, which is essentially the CFL of the energy storage world.
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Based in Cedar Park, Texas, EEStor has been tight-lipped about their technology--long thought to be a special kind of ultracapacitor, which is essentially the CFL of the energy storage world.
Sustainable: Secretive Energy Storage Company (Kind of) Reveals All 2008
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The battery marries a device called an ultracapacitor, which bottles up something like a lightning bolt of power, with a conventional battery, which can store more energy but absorbs and discharges it at a slower rate.
NYT > Home Page By MATTHEW L. WALD 2011
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The issue is that EEStor's technology - which, unlike the lead-acid batteries in ZENN's current cars, is based on a so-called ultracapacitor made with barium titanate - remains cloaked in secrecy.
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"Five years ago, they were considered too expensive and there were questions about our ability to mass-produce them," said Mike Sund , vice president of investor relations for ultracapacitor maker Maxwell Technologies of San Diego.
Technology That Breaks the Car Industry Mold Mike Ramsey 2011
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A secretive Texas startup ... claims that its system, a kind of battery-ultracapacitor hybrid based on barium-titanate powders, will dramatically outperform the best lithium-ion batteries on the market in terms of energy density, price, charge time, and safety.
Energy Diversification, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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There's also no chance an ultracapacitor could overheat and cause a fire, as some batteries have done.
Technology That Breaks the Car Industry Mold Mike Ramsey 2011
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AFP/Getty Images Battery technology curbs driving range in electrics such as Nissan's Leaf The device is called an ultracapacitor.
Technology That Breaks the Car Industry Mold Mike Ramsey 2011
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Anu Cherian, a power and energy analyst with research firm Frost & Sullivan, said ultracapacitor technology is tantalizing.
Technology That Breaks the Car Industry Mold Mike Ramsey 2011
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The result is an ultracapacitor, a battery-like device that stores and releases energy quickly.
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