bobsson
06 Jul 2017
Re: CPX web site maproom, only time will tell. Big high profile contracts expected before end of 2017?
maproom
06 Jul 2017
CPX web site Sometime last summer, I saw CPX's web site [link] It was obviously written by an engineer, someone who understood the company's products, was proud of them, and wanted to tell the world about them. I was impressed: there aren't many companies that appear to value engineers and the work they do. But a few weeks ago, I had another look at the website, and found it had been rewritten, apparently by PR people who don't understand the technology and use the word "solutions" to hide their ignorance. This change of emphasis in the company, from engineers to PR, can only be bad for its long-term prospects.
Wobecome
20 Jun 2017
Zap&Go Apologies for the length, but I don't think everyone will have access to the URL. Anyone know anything about this outfit? 20th June 2017 Andrew Lockley This new “battery” charges like lightning Let’s face it, your mobile phone battery is rubbish. If it lasts a day, you’re lucky. Even if it does get you to bedtime, it probably won’t be able to do that for long – as with frequent charging, batteries quickly fade. We’ve covered the problem before in Exponential Investor.One way to deal with this issue is to ditch the lithium battery, altogether. switching to an alternative technology – supercapacitors – performance can be revolutionised. Capacitors don’t hold as much energy as a battery, but they can charge far more quickly. That’s great, for applications where access to electricity isn’t a problem, but speed of charging is. There’s been one such example in the news just last week: Qualcomm announced that it’s experimenting with wireless charging for moving vehicles. This technology strategy could pair very well with capacitors’ fast-charging capability. You don’t need very high range in an electric car, if it can frequently charge while you drive.Today I’ll be interviewing Simon Harris. He’s investment director of Oxford-based Zap&Go – a technology firm working to optimise the supercapacitor, so it can ultimately replace the mobile phone battery.AL: Simon, what’s your “big idea”?SH: We have a solution to a problem encountered by the entire current generation of rechargeable appliances, devices and vehicles: slow-charging speeds. Our product is a supercap (supercapacitor) which can give rise to a new generation of ultrafast-charging devices. We’ll brand this as “powered by Zap&Go”. ultrafast we mean five minutes, or less, to charge.AL: There are quite a few firms working on this. What’s your “secret sauce”?SH: The conventional supercapacitor comes in a cylinder the size of a Coke can. Ours is housed in a flat pouch, slim enough to fit inside a mobile or cordless device. The “secret sauce” is a recipe of highly conductive carbon nanomaterials – including a pinch of the “wonder material” graphene – and a novel ionic electrolyte. This substance is non-flammable and stable at higher temperatures and voltages. This is crucial because with higher voltages we can get higher energy densities – hence we can outperform the conventional type. Even at its current stage of development ours can capture and hold more energy than any supercapacitor of its size. Developments are in hand to double or triple its energy density.Our approach is protected by a growing patent portfolio but the “sauce” recipe will remain a secret – just like Coke’s.AL : How will you commercialise this technology?SH: The market opportunities are numerous and vast. We have so far selected seven sectors – all of which are hungry for better batteries. Any one of them could generate almost endless demand for our cells. We will license the cell manufacture to others. That’s the path taken by ARM, Wolfson Microelectronics, Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) or Dolby – four great British companies, whose success was built on licensing.We also have several large Chinese electronics manufacturers that are hungry to be our partners – as China is where most rechargeable devices are made. We currently have several active Chinese investors, and two of our NED investors are technology figures in Silicon Valley.AL: What stage is your technology at?SH: Zap&Go is now at the capability stage, with several prototype demonstrators. In January we presented working products at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. This included: a power bank phone charger that charges in five minutes; an electric scooter, with the charge time reduced from four hours to five minutes; and a cordless drill that recharges in just one minute.AL: What’s your future road map?SH: Our first cell is due to enter production in late 2017, to mee
Wobecome
24 May 2017
Top of the pops Interesting background info - Source Digital JournalThe complete scenario of Supercapacitors Market and top sellers: 1 Maxwell Technologies 2 Nesscap 3 CAP-XX 4 Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation 5 Panasonic 6 LS Mtron 7 Skeleton Technologies 8 NEC TOKIN 9 Korchip 10 NICHICON 11 Rubycon 12 ELNA 13 Kemet 14 Shanghai Aowei Technology 15 Shenzhen Technology Innovation Green 16 Supreme Power Solutions 17 Jinzhou Kaimei Power 18 Jianghai Capacitor 19 Nepu Energy 20 HCC Energy 21 Haerbin Jurong 22 Heter ElectronicsRead more: [link]
Global Nomad
20 Mar 2017
Re: RNS interims hard drop this morning - as perhaps expected - picked up some shares for the rebound and can see there is some strong buying volume. spread tight which is encouraging though move back up may take a while, lets see.
Global Nomad
20 Mar 2017
RNS interims Whilst this seems to be lining up a lot of potential and opportunities there are plenty of caveats in the news. Feels a little cautious still, with significant revenue drop not outweighed by improving new streams.
Bonker
07 Feb 2017
Re: CPX chart Chart update note:[link]
Bonker
06 Feb 2017
CPX chart [link]
I love Thora Hird
02 Feb 2017
Huuuuge Murata to supply batteries for Samsung phones...[link]
coldascheese
26 Jan 2017
Could double or more on expected news. Cpx which makes supercapacitors-devices for fast storing electicity and the discharging the power at a fast rates now has patents and products for all markets including trucks and cars amongst many others, anywhere vehicle that uses a battery.Having signed recent deals many others are in the pipeline including for truck manufacturers, ideal for them if they stop and start a lot or have rear taillifts or cranes on board.These are big deals where their supercapacitors are worth $500.00 a vehicle.Share price has moved up along with their increasing business to date, however a number of large orders are expected where their products have been on trial for a time, these could easily multiply the turnover quite dramatically overnight and along with it the share price.The company MD does not overpromise in any way and by the end of this year the share price could easily be double or more todays price and the company becoming a stand out success.Woth looking into and buying now before the herd..
coldascheese
14 Jan 2017
Info on market size Old info but worth a read on market size that Cap -X is in-and its big.Supercapacitor Market worth 2.18 Billion USD by 2022According to the new report "Supercapacitor Market by Type (Double Layer, Pseudocapacitor, and Hybrid), Application (Laptop, Camera, Power Backup, Memory, UPS, Aircraft, Solid-State Disc Drives) Vertical, and Geography - Global Forecast to 2022", the supercapacitor market is estimated to be valued at USD 568.2 million in 2015 and is expected to reach USD 2,181.2 Million by 2022 at a CAGR of 20.7 % between 2016 and 2022. Factors such as high storage capabilities, need of power conservation, high performance supercapacitors for consumer and automotive applications, and additional capabilities such as moisture resistant, light weight and low equivalent series resistance are the key drivers for supercapacitor market.• Download Infomational PDF Brochure :-[link]
Wobecome
13 Jan 2017
inexorable Inexorable seems to be the description of the current movement.
alltold9
12 Jan 2017
Re: SOMETHING VERY BIG!!! Something brewing!
coldascheese
10 Jan 2017
Great rise today-more to come ? Big rise in share price today. particularly in last half hour.....Could be some news on the order front from this tiddler due to break as share has been on rising trend for a couple of weeks.
Wobecome
08 Dec 2016
Threat or opportunity? New material produces super-capacitors which are a safer, faster charging, more efficient, and greener alternative to both battery power and other super-capacitors.[link]
