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Imagine driving 500 miles nonstop in an electric car, then quickly re-charging if you want to extend your trip. Sound impossible? It might be. Either that or a Texas company called EEStor has come up with a battery replacement called an ultra-capacitor that could make the internal combustion engine obsolete.
The company's claims have spurred the occasional debate on the Web for the last year. EEStor has said that it plans to "replace the electrochemical battery" in everything from vehicles to laptops. But experts are wary, and have been left to an advanced sort of guessing game, as EEStor hasn't been leaking out too many details about how its amazing technology works. The general impression, though, is that what they're claiming is probably impossible, or at least not as wonderful as it sounds. That said, a whole bunch of drivers would love to see the critics proven wrong.—Gregory Mone
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Any truth to the rumour about the new Electro Magnetic Vehicle (EMV) ISITEL is working on? Saw it at: www.isitel.com/emv.htm
As soon as I saw the "ultra capacitor" I thought of the flux capacitor from Back to the Future.
Some day cars will be fully electric and capable of long distance driving but I dont think it will be anytime soon
If the turkish Students can build Hydro Carbon Car that gets 1395 MPG Than I believe Unites State Companies ought to working study on Full electric Cars I think I believe Anything is possible Who Knows these companies my may like up with GM or Crysler -Fiat Ford is foolish to not link up with somethingAlternative fuels Gasoline is or will be our past fuel.Even China realizes Europe has been ahead of the Fuel efficeint Game since 1980's South American barely uses Fossils fuels Where is American IngenuityIt must have been throw out in mid 1980's where gasoline Prices were around 29 to 99 Cents per gallon.