A new storage device created by EEStor may replace the electrochemical battery in virtually every application, from fully electric cars and hybrids to laptop computers, with their battery-ultracapacitor hybrids.
EEStor, a Texas company, has been developing an energy storage device that has the potential to rival the supremacy of the internal combustion engine. According to a patent issued in April, the device is made of a ceramic powder with a barium-titanate insulator, coated with aluminum oxide and glass.It works as a combination of energy store and ultracapacitor. It can completely absorb and release a charge at high rates.
EEStor's astonishing ultracapcitor technology could usher in a revolution in car battery technology. According to EEStor's patent documents its EESU not only will outperform the best lithium-ion batteries, but will also be ten times more powerful than present lead-acid batteries. It estimates that it will have half the production costs of current batteries and will not use any toxic chemicals.
If EEStor's new device works as it is discribed, it will store enough electricity in five minutes of charging to drive 500 miles for about $9(or abour 45 cents a gallon for current gas cars).
Whether this new device will withstand the rigors of real life performance in cars will be soon seen as Canadian based ZENN Motor plans to put the EESU into their electric cars later this year.
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