Car of the future powered by bodywork

[violetapesterfield]

thanks for the video

[NtoDaGDawg]

I was wondering how that sort of material could function for aircraft fuselage, considering that arecraft are often hit by lightning...

[sheckmeister2000]

this is a wildly incredible technology development! certainly worthy of further exploration. i notice many corporations including Volvo are included in this experimental study.anyone interested in this type of technology who also is worried about its implementation should check zeitgeist(dot)com for information on other like-minded individuals who are very concerned about just this sort of idea! unfortunately it appears this technology will of course have many restrictions of use due to patents.

[LanceWinslow5]

This is absolutely brilliant, forward thinking, and a future fantastic solution, with new materials, it will be totally possible too.

[Akademmy]

So just how long is "very far in the future" then? To me that sounds like 1000 years...

[choppersilver]

notice how each time he dilivers the hard hitting facts he cannot keep his eyes open.... wonder why that is....

must be tired...

[SomuchHeart]

this Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat

[Toade21]

Very cool. What do you say the odds of the oil industry squashing this just like they have every other better energy source idea of the last 40 years.

[aquahollow]

@Toade21

Don't forget that oil is the source material used to produce carbon fibre laminates and resins.

[BarbiieAbreu]

cool beans :]

[GScadet]

This guy is my personal tutor. I'm cracking up watching this! Brilliant.

[MtnXfreeride]

A nice carbon fiber look on the back of a laptop monitor would be nice and serve a purpose. I am curious of the capacity (currently) that this material can hold per square inch. Or, how long the light stays lit after that 10 seconds charge, also if the material ever wears out and if it will be cheap to manuf. in the near future.

[AkashTrivediICL]

@MtnXfreeride He's my lecturer :D He bought the material into lectures and said they've improved the material so that the light stays illuminated for up to an hour after only 10seconds of charging! The material would wear out approx the same way as conventional CFRP's do. In terms of cost, a standard epoxy/HS carbon fibre, UD composite, quasi isotropic laminate costs £27/kg to manufacture, so this material would be more. However, investing in this material will reap great benefits in the future!

[scribklu]

This is great! I think it would work great with the F1 teams that wanted to use KERS. It would also be great if some Supercars were to have this technology.

[Chronox5]

i wonder if there is a capacity loss

like you'd have to change the case/cars body after ten years

[atifjavaid74]

Charge/discharge cycles are more than 100,000. ALso, unlike batteries, in supercaps there is no chemical reaction taking place

[ESR1996]

Good!

[rdepor]

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