Will the EEStor Ultracapacitor Replace Batteries?

Are you impressed with your battery in your cell phone? No? Just in time, a smashing breakthrough for batteries has been developed in a business in Cedar Park, Texas. It is called an ultracapacitor. Strictly speaking, it is not a battery that uses chemicals and certain metals put together in a package to hold electricity. This invention from EEStor uses just electronics to do what batteries can do, except at a much higher effective level. From cars, to cellphones, to laptops, to segways, this device is also safer to use. Remember all those batteries that burned up in a certain company's laptop not too long ago? It will be thing of the past if this device makes it to market. Eestor could quite literally make batteries obsolete.

How does Eestor's ultracapacitor work? It uses nanotechnology applied to capacitors. Capacitors store electrical energy, with hardly any resistance to being charged up. An ultracapacitor is the same, but with its abilities mulitplied. Think of it as a capacitor on steroids. It can be charged more rapidly than conventional batteries. An ultracapacitor can be recharged perhaps millions of times before breaking down, compared with thousands of times for conventional batteries. Here is one example already in use; Hewlett-Packard says its enhanced lithium-ion battery can recover ninety per cent of its charge in ninety minutes of being plugged in. An ultracapacitor can completely recharge in seconds. Electric cars could be recharged in four to six minutes and go five hundred miles. That is more miles than a regular gas powered car at the moment. This would cost about nine dollars. You could save a lot of money and go a lot farther with an ultracapacitor !

It is reported that EEStor has a contract to supply ZENN Motor Company with electrical energy storage units ( ultracapacitors no doubt ) that have a rating of 15 kilowatt hours. ZENN stands for "zero emission, no noise". ZENN is known as the "feel good" car company. I am sure they have that name because you can feel better knowing that when you use one of their cars you are not polluting, and yet you are saving money at the same time. But ZENN is in Canada, not the USA. Its amazing that no company from the United States took up this opportunity to use ultracapacitors since they are obviously superior to using gasoline energy.

What else can the EEStor ultracapacitor do for you ? It can replace your current need for gas with a cheaper alternative. A whole country could replace their need for gas if one person can. It can keep those millions of cell phone and car batteries with their chemicals, out of your landfills. That is a very desirable contribution to the world for the EEStor ultracapacitor.

Its interesting to note that EEStor kept their product under wraps for a time. They shunned publicity at first, not giving any press reviews. They did present an application for a patent and for international patents. So far their economic backing seems strong and given they have reached some production milestones already, there should be no holding them back. It is very possible the EEStor ultracapacitor may be in your life soon !