Supercaps have very high volume to charge ratio. Good to implement on buses maybe, if designed right. But for scooters, you’ll need to carry a sidecar.
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negative. Instant pick up for few seconds does not need huge volumes. Proof of this is nawa racer bike. Check it out.
0.1kwh super capacitors weighs 10 kg
9kwh battery
Total bike weight 150kg
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It is not the weight. The volume necessary for supercaps are not to scale. But yes, for instant kickoff, a bag of caps will work. What would Ather call it? “Spore drive”? 
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I wonder if that’s been trademarked 
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I meant for instant kick-off only. that’s one of the times where battery discharge is higher than usual and the drain is higher than usual. I mean there is the next crazy option obviously the compressed air spaceX version lol
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Yup. I guess. Warp mode is a good improvement already. Ather 550Y mighty have ‘cap afterburners’ as an upgrade over 450x
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Spore drive is for Jumping from one place to other , Dilithium is the one used for warp mode
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Ya and all the old 450s are ships post - burn 
no dilithium and hence no warp for us 
have to see if they’re completely gone in this season
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Yeah. Gotta find why the dilithium went kaboom. Meanwhile, I gonna name my S1 diLi-GT or something . DiLithium and all…
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I did not this this them, but the below is a place where supercapacitors cam really help!
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yeah, but can the super capacitors hold the power till the BMS pushes that power into the battery?
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Days even in the correct cases. There’s been demos on their retaining capacity and it sometimes surpases the drain in Li batts. But still, the regen power can be put into use without sending it to the battery pack for reducing overhead and increasing efficiency. Maybe, end of day when scooter is sitting idle, caps can charge the batt.
(PS: Ather, hire me )
Wow this is cool, maybe ather should think of this, if the super capacitors are cheap, they might do wonders
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Sounds great on paper until you drive in Silkboard and realize that the “Cap-burners” were just a super fast way to reach a traffic jam.
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Hahaha…good one. For me even Warp Mode is a super quick way to reach the point of traffic jam and not to come out of it.
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It all depends on weight of the rider. You already have your 450X delivered, why don’t you test it out yourself and let us know here.
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My 450x takes 8.5sec to 90(shown in dashboard) in sports modes itself. Warp needs more trail to justify. Confirming with others to clarify friends query.
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