There was quite a bit of discussion on this several years ago on the old
Yahoo Groups Thundersky site and others for the stated reason - to supply
drive/absorb regen current spikes. Also research done and papers written on
it in the EU. The conclusion was as David said, better to just add more
http://www.designnews.com/document.asp?doc_id=275732
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On 25 Nov 2014 at 11:30, Michael Ross via EV wrote:
I heard Elon Musk comment that he thought there might be a possibility that
super caps could be at least useful on EVs if not a replacement for battery
cells.
Years ago Solectria found that by leveling the load on a lead battery,
reducing
Because supercaps are very lightweight in comparison to additional
batteries, the numbers might work out differently than simply adding a
battery. But I see the point.
Also, by the time supercaps are actually useful they might have gained a
lot of weight.
All rank speculation.
On Tue, Nov 25,
On Nov 25, 2014, at 1:13 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV ev@lists.evdl.org
wrote:
Years ago Solectria found that by leveling the load on a lead battery,
reducing its peak current requirements, supercaps / ultracaps could improve
an EV's range. Unfortunately, though, it was a little more
