[LINK] ultracapacitors

[Eric Scheid]

On 5/9/07 11:38 AM, "Richard Chirgwin" <rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>> "The EESU can also be rapidly charged without damaging the material or
>> reducing its life. The cycle time to fully charge a 52 kWh EESU would be
>> in the range of 4 to 6 minutes with sufficient cooling of the power
>> cables and connections."
>
> ...now, 52kWh in 5 minutes is:
> 52 * 12 = 624 kWh
> 
> Which is non-trivial in terms of supply.

So they'd also need a power source that can output that fast too ... another
EESU sitting in the recharge station which gets trickle-recharged while the
car is out and about?

Time for a corollary of the "bandwidth of a pickup ute" rule ... I can
easily imagine it's possible to recharge the EESU driven vehicle in 15
seconds, given a spare fully charged EESU, a socket wrench, and a F1 pit
crew.

e.