EEStor CEO says game-changing energy storage device coming by 2010

Grist by David Roberts | Jul. 30, 2009 (Special Report)

If the Texas company EEStor is running a scam, it’s a frakking brilliant one. For years the otherwise tight-lipped outfit has been promising a capacitor that can quickly charge, quickly discharge, and hold enormous amounts of energy—on all accounts, performance far beyond any battery on the market, or even contemplated. If it performs as promised, the EESU (Electrical Energy Storage Unit) will revolutionize the electric vehicle market. It will enable ... Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 4, 2009

Hype, or hope? The article provides the claims, but tempers them with a fair amount of doubt. Interesting, but will be more interesting if and when the EESU hits the wire.

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