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mackdaddy

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3. This would also eclipse the "hydrogen economy".

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2015, 11:16 AM

May 2015

The only advantage of hydrogen fueled vehicles is the quicker fueling times.

If you could recharge you full electric vehicle in just a few minutes, then the inefficiencies of creating and storing hydrogen would be a non-starter, along with the billions it would cost to create the hydrogen infrastructure.

They already uses banks of super-capacitors to help smooth the power output from the big wind turbines.
http://www.maxwell.com/solutions/power-grid/generation

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Graphene supercapacitor equals Li-ion battery energy density w/ 4 min recharge [View all] kristopher May 2015 OP

I wonder how long before this becomes marketable, scalable, and what it's life cycle will be. NYC_SKP May 2015 #1

Yes! shenmue May 2015 #2

This would also eclipse the "hydrogen economy". mackdaddy May 2015 #3