If pulling short bursts of high amp loads followed by extended runs of lower loads was so debilitating to batteries why do common lead acid forklift battery's last for so many years under those working conditions even while most often only getting a proper recharge when they have been drained to the point of being too dead to work?
If massive capacitor banks where able to add even 10% more life to a forklift battery thats being ran in that type of working conditions they would be all over the place by now and I would likely have seen them as standard equipment on then new models.
I can see the potential benefits of them in an EV for efficient regenerative braking applications but still if the vehicle is not being driven in a constant start and stop application that ability to recapture braking energy is other wise of no practical purpose especially if the capacitor bank cost several times what the battery bank costs.
If massive capacitor banks where able to add even 10% more life to a forklift battery thats being ran in that type of working conditions they would be all over the place by now and I would likely have seen them as standard equipment on then new models.
I can see the potential benefits of them in an EV for efficient regenerative braking applications but still if the vehicle is not being driven in a constant start and stop application that ability to recapture braking energy is other wise of no practical purpose especially if the capacitor bank cost several times what the battery bank costs.
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