Quote from stonedinvestor:
It sounds like your point is moot. If they deliver power over many more cycles than a battery and are constantly recharged and never replaced it is so much more efficient than a battery it does not matter if initially a battery comes with a fatter charge.
You are completely wrong. Ultracapacitors are far more expensive and far less energy dense. They will not be cost competive for cars or similar energy hungry applications for a long time. They will only be useful for something like capturing the brief surge from braking in a hybrid, not for storing energy for 95% or so of all driving that will be done on battery power instead.
The point is unMoot (if such as word lol)