Supercapacitor “battery” could lead to instant charging, long charge life

September 5, 2007 | Source: ars technica

EEStor claims to have developed a car battery based on capacitors that can be charged quickly and is ready for large-scale production.

The patent specifies charge storage that is much higher than anything achieved in an academic lab: 52 kilowatt-hours in a 2,000 cubic inch capacitor array — more than 10 times the power density of standard lead-acid batteries.