GM first US automotive OEM to use supercapacitors for start-stop

Posted on 23 Oct 2015 by Aiden Burgess

General Motors has become the first US automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to adopt supercapacitors (aka ultracapacitors) as part of a start-stop system.

GM will implement a start-stop system featuring supercapacitors produced by Maxwell Technologies, a manufacturer of supercapacitor-based energy storage and power delivery products, in its new range of Cadillacs. The Continental Automotive Systems voltage stabilization system (VSS) produced by Maxwell and Continental AG will be a standard feature on 2016 Cadillac ATS and CTS sedans and ATS coupes.…

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