Here's a Maxwell you can use, Jones. :-) http://www.clanmaxwellusa.com/maxcars.htm
"Maxwell automobiles were considered to be among the best racing machines of the era and won trophies to back up that reputation. In 1916, a Maxwell touring car set a coast-to-coast record, speeding from New Jersey to California in just ten days and sixteen hours. Another Maxwell challenged the Pennsylvania Railroads vaunted Congressional Limited, racing the train over the forty miles from Washington to Baltimore and arriving just four minutes behind." > [Original Message] > From: Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: vortex <[email protected]> > Date: 3/20/2006 8:58:27 AM > Subject: Ultracapacitor - Not there > > Reference has been made recently to advances in Ultracapacitors. > > There have been some. Alone, however, they are still a long way > from satisfactory for automotive use ... except of course, for a > monster sound-system...uh... if you are a "lowrider" (aren't most > vorts?). > > However, if designed into a batt-cap, they make a lot more sense. > > > Here is a state of the art Maxwell module offered on eBay, > mentioned today on another forum. > > http://tinyurl.com/ppr83 > > 58 Farads and 15 volts, for ~$180 if you are the lone bidder - > about the wholesale price. This is roughly equivalent to a > watt-hour, if my morning math is not off. > > You would need a thousand of them to get to one kWh which is too > little for an automobile and about the cost of a new Rolls (no, > better make that a Bentley). > > IOW not even close to what is needed for you Prius. > > Jones >
