10. "RE: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?"
In response to message #9
>>Supercpacitors (supercaps) are significantly more efficient than >>chemical batteries but they have their own spate of problems like >>leaking and sharp drop-off as they discharge. > >Last I knew, they also had a nasty habit of exploding sometimes. But >then, so do lithium ion batteries.
It could always be worse- one idea I keep seeing pop up when it comes to storing energy in an electric car is the flywheel system, because when I think of things I want around me in a crash, a tremendously heavy object containing ludicrous amounts of angular momentum is right at the top of the list.