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Old 02-23-2006, 10:01 PM
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Default Re: 1997 - 2006 Prius

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Originally Posted by Schwa
It's cool that they were experimenting with using capacitors in the '95 prototype, I wonder if they might eventually go back to using them if they improve?
why capacitors? they don't store nearly as much energy as batteries....

i=C (dv/dt)

one amp out of one Farad drops the voltage one volt per second.

pull one amp out of a hybrid battery and how long does it take to drop one volt?

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