While Tesla has been on the forefront of electric vehicle battery technology, company chief Elon Musk recently said that capacitors, not batteries, are the future of EV’s. Musk told a Cleantech Forum ...

What has a small Canadian low-speed vehicle firm and Tesla CEO Elon Musk got in common? Supercapacitors. Just like Zenn and the troubled EEstor supercapacitor firm, Tesla CEO Elon Musk thinks that ...

Electric car maker Tesla has purchased Maxwell, a company that makes battery components and ultracapacitors, for more than $200 million. “We are always looking for potential acquisitions that make ...

Tesla made headlines this month -- actually, when doesn't Tesla make headlines? -- when the company bought battery-maker Maxwell for its ultracapacitor technology and its work on battery density.