In San Diego, Maxwell Technologies, Inc. has been awarded a contract by Mercedes Car Group to design and produce ultracapacitors for an advanced engineering hybrid-electric drive train. This drive train will recover energy from braking to increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. Maxwell Technologies is one of only a few manufacturers of ultracapacitors, which are electric storage devices with different electrical characteristics than batteries. Ultracapacitors are used in a variety of applications, including hybrid-electric vehicles.
