Product category: Capacitors
News Release from: Maxwell Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 08 September 2006

Ultracapacitors set for engine-starting
duties

Maxwell Technologies will work with Kromberg and Schubert to incorporate Boostcap ultracapacitors into a highly efficient, low-cost, engine starting system for cars.

Maxwell Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kromberg and Schubert, a leading global supplier of wire harnesses and electrical and electronic components to the automotive industry, outlining terms of an alliance to incorporate Maxwell's Boostcap ultracapacitors into a highly efficient, low-cost, engine starting system for cars Dr Richard Balanson, Maxwell's President and Chief Executive Officer, said that extensive testing and analysis confirm that an ultracapacitor-based starter power node located in close proximity to the starter will not only improve starting performance, but also enable reductions in system cost, complexity and weight