Ultracapacitor-based voltage stabilization and booster systems for Micro HEVs

摘要

According to Maxwell Technologies Inc. president and CEO David Schramm, the company is delivering production-level quantities of BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors to Continental AG for Continental's "E-booster" voltage stabilization system for micro hybrid automobiles. PSA Peugeot-Citroen announced recently that Citroen C5 and C4 diesel models featuring PSA's e-HDi second generation micro hybrid system, whichrnincorporates Continental's E-booster, is available in current models, and that it plans to equip a significant percentage of its diesel autos with the new system by 2012. PSA estimates that e-HDi micro hybrid diesel autos will realize fuel savings of up to 15 percent in city driving, helping the new cars to comply with the European Union-mandated carbon dioxide emission threshold of 130 grams of CO2 per kilometer.