Pity the lowly lead-acid battery ... of a car engine has endeared it to few. Will newer technology supplant that heavy, toxic, and corrosive black box under your hood? If this supercapacitor ...

This included fuel cell/supercapacitor, fuel cell/battery, and a combination of supercapacitors and batteries. One reason the fuel cell/supercapacitor combination won was because it could be ...

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ALL SPORT/Getty Images Formula E racing car batteries could be made a third lighter with supercapacitors, NaWa says "We think the ability to charge and discharge a battery fast will be one of the ...

LiPo cells operate based on chemical principles – lithium ions literally have to move around inside the structure, and eventually the battery will wear out. Supercapacitors have the advantage of ...

That car used a 300-horsepower, 1.6-liter gas engine, while a pair of 60-horsepower electric motors provided all-wheel-drive push (an additional motor also sent additional juice to the front axle).