Honda to put ultracapacitors to use in ’08 models

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According to ‘the register’ Honda will be using an ultracapacitor in their new Honda FCX Fuel cell vehicle. The reason they opted for ultracapacitors over batteries is because ultracapacitors can provide a higher discharge of voltage at peak usage than their battery cousins. The life expectancy of ultracapacitors is also much higher because its not using chemicals like batteries do. Maybe Honda learned a thing or two from watching Sony recall all of those faulty laptop batteries. Imagine going through that with thousands of car batteries…ouch! No one wants to deal with that!

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