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CarbonCap to the semi-finals of GAMIC Event

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We are very happy to announce that CarbonCap has been selected to partecipate at the semi-finals of the GAMIC Event - Global Automotive & Mobility Innovation Challenge. We will present our business idea on February, 26th via web, to a commettee of judges that will evaluate all the semi-finalists and decide which of them will take part in the finals. The team will flight to Detroit on April, 9th to attend the whole-week event that will take place there, together with all the other semi-finalists. The week will end with the finals, that will see 12 start-ups to compete for the prizes available, that amount to 300'000$. The Global Automotive & Mobility Challenge, or GAMIC, was created to identify innovative early-stage automotive products / systems and mobility companies; cultivate new technologies and solutions; and hasten their adoption into the automotive industry. For the participants, the benefits of GAMIC include mentoring, visibility, acceleration and, for ...
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Problem & Solution

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The Problem Electric and hybrid vehicles are the future of mobility proving its fastgrowing market, yet the available technology causes a major burden for all its manufacturers: 1. The present liquid electrolytes used in electric double-layer supercapacitors (EDLC) leaks easily endangering the passenger safety, is difficult to implement and gets affected easily by fluctuating temperatures and high voltages, thus limiting the car performance. 2. The rigid box shape of batteries and the cylindrical shape of supercapacitors strangle the design freedom by occupying a vast space in order to achieve the required voltage and performance. The solution CarbonCap will resolve these problems by: 1. Developing an all-solid-state structural supercapacitor as a fixed part of the entire vehicle body. 2. Exploiting unconventional car spaces to implement the shapeable supercapacitors offering more design freedom. 3. Using non-liquid electrolytes to increase car safety and avoid explosio...
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Why super capacitors?

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