Thoughts on a different method to 'electrify' Mustang... super/ultra capacitor technology.

[Labradog]

Yes, but I've been reading about them for a decade. Really want to see them happen. Maybe the current interest in EV's will result in more money and effort going toward research.

Fingers crossed QuantumScape has a real breakthrough in the near future. I'd be much more interested in that than a hybrid.

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[Mr. Met]

The weak link for EV's is the power grid.

Yes, I guess that's why no one has air conditioners..

 

[Mach VII]

The weak link for EV's is the power grid.

I have many customers and a few friends with electric vehicles. I would say over half of them have solar panels that certainly help charge said vehicles all year long. The beauty of the super capacitor is it requires no connection to the grid as used in the Lambo.

 

[Hobohunter]

Not exactly an insurmountable engineering challenge.

It's not really an engineering challenge. It's just a challenge of either building or importing more power to make up for the additional loading, or forcing customers to charge their cars overnight or otherwise off-peak usage times.
Power usage drops dramatically overnight as residential customers and businesses that don't operate overnight shut down. The amount of power that was being used would still be available overnight, if demand were there.
You don't need to redesign the grid to get this power to customers, you just need to make or buy enough power to get to them. Some customers might need bigger transformers, or lines capable of supplying more power, but that's a problem power companies deal with regardless of EVs.

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