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Maxwell Technologies to Design and Produce Ultracapacitors for Advanced Engineering Hybrid Drive Train Program
 
Ultracapacitors' Rapid Charge/Discharge Capabilities Boost Acceleration and
 Increase Braking Energy Recuperation Efficiency, Reducing Fuel Consumption
                               and Emissions

    SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Maxwell Technologies,
Inc. (Nasdaq: MXWL) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by
Mercedes Car Group to design and produce ultracapacitors for an advanced
engineering hybrid-electric drive train program incorporating a braking
energy recuperation system that enables it to increase fuel efficiency and
reduce emissions.
    David Schramm, Maxwell's president and chief executive officer, said
that the...