History of Super (Ultra) Capacitors

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”.
  
  
• 2000-01: See Green Cars, Section 8.9.8 (Honda).
  
  
• 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.