“Maybe maybe maybe, the battery scientists are just like “climate scientists” solar developers and race baiters.”
Supercapacitors have one major problem - energy density. For a given weight, so far they don’t hold as much power as chemical batteries. There are some promising new developments involving carbon nanotubes and graphene, but it’ll be a while before availability. From what I’ve read, at best they will equal Li-Ion batteries. That would be a big win, as supercapacitors can endure 100x+ more charge/discharge cycles, and charge faster. We’ll see.
“Just like the above specialists, they wouldn’t want to actually solve a problem and see their lucrative gubmint funding-stream dry up.”
That’s nonsense. There’s billions if not trillions of dollars to be made. Battery technology has been steadily improving due to the same market forces.
Well, the idea I proposed was a combination of the two, for quicker charging, and more storage.