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Could ultracaps be our energy-storage saviour?

My Clean Break column today is a bit of an update on ZENN Motor, the potential of EEStor’s EESU, and an interesting comment about EEStor from Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors, who before becoming an entrepreneur had plans to enroll in engineering graduate studies and focus on ultracapacitors for vehicles. I also mention some interesting work on ultracapacitor materials being done at Queen’s University in Kingston, and talk about a new ultracapacitor bus operating in Shanghai that will be demonstrated Wednesday in Washington, D.C. (for another more detailed article on the ultracap bus check out this Technology Review article).

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This entry was posted on Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 10:04 am and is filed under electric vehicles, energy storage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

4 Responses to “Could ultracaps be our energy-storage saviour?”

  1. Paul C from Austin Says:
    October 19th, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    Eestor…it’s the stuff that dreams are made of! Well, here’s hoping dreams come true for something that would accelerate EV’s and Renewable energy to the fast track, cutting their wide-spread adoption by years. Perhaps you could give Dick Weir a call for a follow-up article? If you fly into Austin for it, I’ll even pick you up and carry your stuff to the Interview;-) I’ll even give you the secret to getting the interview- offer to take him out for BBQ for lunch- no Texan could refuse it!

  2. Tim Says:
    October 20th, 2009 at 11:18 am

    So, Tyler, do you have any Zenn stock?…..I have an audio copy of the infamous Dick Weir interview…..I don’t know if he is lying to investors or not….intriguing

  3. Dick Weirdo Says:
    October 22nd, 2009 at 10:03 am

    Tyler,
    When you get a chance you should interview Rudyard Istvan of NanoCarbons. Rudyard is an expert in ultracapacitors and runs a successful company.

    Is Zenn committing Fraud?

    http://www.gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?p=31023#post31023

  4. Enoch Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:38 am

    Since ZENN is a public company, why is there no involvement from regulators. Are they waiting for another BreX?