Hybrid Car Battery 48V 36F Super Capacitor Battery Module High Voltage Insulation Test

Supercapacitors are already used to rapidly charge the power supplies in hybrid buses as they go from stop to stop. Currently, such chargers aren’t commercially viable to deliver on a mass scale, but as more people buy electric cars the charging infrastructure is likely to develop to a point that widespread supercapacitor chargers become a reality.

So we can expect to see supercapacitor charging points and wireless charging pads powered by them at stations, like the electrical equivalent of a petrol pump able to fill up a car in minutes.

To get a little sci-fi on things, such charging could be extended further with supercapacitors built into roads constantly delivering power to electric cars as they zip along and pause at traffic lights. Outside of dedicated lanes on motorways, such a vision might seem a little far-fetched.

But electric car systems, batteries, charging and tech are improving all the time, so the scope for supercapacitors to amp up future EVs is electrifying.