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History of Super (Ultra) Capacitors Print E-mail

5.2  History

    • 1957: The first supercapacitor was developed and patented by General Electric in the United States.

    • 1966: The Standard Oil Company patented an “electrical energy storage apparatus”.

    • 2006: Electric buses that use supercapacitors, not power lines, as their source of electricity started operating in China.

    • Further information on vehicles using supercapacitors required. 
 
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