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by aredox 357 days ago
Capacitors are the exact technology to solve this.
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No, energy density is way below Lixx chemistry. Not suitable.
You don't get it, the idea is to but a (super)capacitor bank at the charging station, just between the power network and the electric car. You discharge them fast into the battery and you modulate how fast you recharge them for the next client.

There is already a similar tech for buses in Geneva, Switzerland:

https://www.hitachienergy.com/news-and-events/customer-stori...