An agreement has been reached between Saft and Russian company ESMA to work together to develop and produce supercapacitors based on ESMA’s technology.
Under the terms of the agreement, Saft will add the new supercapacitor technology to its portfolio of battery technologies. Later this year, the company’s US manufacturing facility will begin production of a new generation of asymmetric nickel supercapacitors that should work in combination with batteries on heavy vehicles.
It is hoped that by providing reliable starting power at low temperatures or in frequent stop-start usage, this technology will optimise the vehicle battery for application.
Currently, Saft manufacturers have a range of advanced batteries for application including lithium and nickel chemistries. ESMA’s design has an important synergy with Saft’s capabilities as its construction is similar to that used in nickel-cadmium cells. They are ideally suited to heavy vehicles and can be applied in numerous other applications to optimise power and energy storage.
There has also been a distribution agreement reached for the supercapacitors with Kold Ban International.
