Sentences with phrase «called ultracapacitors»

Eventually, the so - called ultracapacitors on which the XH - 150 is based may supplant rather than merely supplement a car's batteries.

Energy storage devices called ultracapacitors could lower the cost of the battery packs in plug - in hybrid vehicles by hundreds or even thousands of dollars by cutting the size of the packs in half, according to estimates by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, IL.

Not exact matches

That calls for a short power splurge — what ultracapacitors excel at.

Ultracapacitors could also be useful in a very different type of hybrid vehicle called a microhybrid, says Andrew Burke, a research engineer at the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis.