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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Actually, research into supercapacitors and ultracapacitors, devices that would be comparable in size to existing car batteries, is already pushing in the direction of fast (minutes, and even seconds) charging, and fast discharge to the drivetrain, making the overall system much more efficient.
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Seconds? Those would be quite some currents...
Today I came across
this thing
20 kW motor, range of 200 km, top speed 120 km/h and LiFePO batteries... sounds nice.
Even the design is not too bad.
(there are some other models, scroll down)
I wasn't able to find much data on them online, except for one comment from the guy that drove one of them. He said, I quote, "pieces of shit", but that they did have 8 kW and could reach 100 km/h (he was probably talking about the other model, not the 20 kW one).
The article also said something about the price being around $3000, depending on how many you order.