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New DuraBlue ultracaps from Maxwell increase shock and vibration tolerance, energy and power capacity

Green Car Congress

This enhanced shock and vibration tolerance is particularly important in the transportation market—especially mass transit—and in developing markets in which the road infrastructure might not be quite as smooth as in more developed ones, noted Chad McDonald, director of product marketing. —Chad McDonald. Batteries'

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Ioxus introduces new iCAP ultracapacitor series with a 3,000F cell

Green Car Congress

Ioxus is targeting a number of markets for the iCAP: transportation drives or systems (comprising several specific sub-groups, notes Chad Hall, Founder and VP Sales); grid power storage; large regenerative energy capture (e.g., They feature a cycle life of more than 1,000,000 cycles, rated to half rated voltage, 25 °C.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

One of the things that EV owners know is that if you're going to take a trip, pull your phone and tell the car, 15 or 30 minutes before you start, hey, warm up your battery, pre-condition the cabin and do it on grid power so you have a full battery. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? Finally, age.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

One of the things that EV owners know is that if you're going to take a trip, pull your phone and tell the car, 15 or 30 minutes before you start, hey, warm up your battery, pre-condition the cabin and do it on grid power so you have a full battery. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? Finally, age.