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[arethinn]

Ultracapacitor can power a car for 500 miles on a single charge

According to the post, the companies involved plan to have the cars in production by 2008.

Comments

[bluegodjanus.livejournal.com]

With such a great car, what reason would I have to walk 500 miles?

[frameacloud]

I misread that as "Utahraptor."

I was confused, since Earth's stock of Utahraptors is all sold out, so they wouldn't really solve any transportation problems.

[windtree.livejournal.com]

The math I saw for these was insane though - you need lethal current and/or voltage to charge them in any reasonable time, and a significant number of them would result in a need for a lot more power plants (which given the current state of affairs would likely be highly polluting coal plants. :( ).

If they actually happen I'll be pleasantly surprised.