| Maxwell Technologies
has won a contract from the Mercedes Car Group to design and produce ultracapacitors
for an advanced engineering hybrid-electric drive train programme incorporating
a braking energy recuperation system that enables it to increase fuel
efficiency and reduce emissions.
David Schramm, Maxwell’s president and chief executive officer,
said that the contract provides for funding from Mercedes to develop a
new Boostcap ultracapacitor cell specifically designed to meet the energy
storage and power delivery requirements of one of Mercedes’ torque
assist and recuperative braking systems.
Schramm said that Maxwell was also working with automotive and heavy transportation
OEMs as well as leading Tier 1 suppliers worldwide to design and develop
ultracapacitor-based energy storage and power delivery solutions for electrical
subsystem applications, such as enhanced starting and power network net
stabilisation, and for numerous fuel-efficient, low-emission, hybrid drivetrain
configurations.
He said: “We continue to focus on establishing Maxwell as the leading
and lowest-cost producer of ultracapacitor products and aligning ourselves
with innovative OEMs and system integrators to achieve the broadest possible
penetration of these key strategic markets.”
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