Maxwell Technologies says the North American office of United Kingdom’s Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) has granted European Economic Community (EEC)-Type Approval and Conformity of Production (CoP) clearance to Maxwell’s 125-volt Heavy Transportation Module (HTM125). The 125V heavy transportation series of ultracapacitor modules is a high performance energy storage and power-delivery product line for hybrid buses…

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have helped uncover the nanoscale structure of a novel form of carbon, contributing to an explanation of why this new material acts like a super-absorbent sponge when it comes to soaking up electric charge. The material, recently created at The University of Texas – Austin,…