MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES’ QUICK-TURN ULTRACAPACITOR MODULES SPEEDROTOTYPING AND INTEGRATION FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSPORTATION & INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

ROSSENS, Switzerland – Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXWL) today
unveiled a new “Quick-Turn” BOOSTCAP® ultracapacitor module programme that
offers shipment within 14 days of receipt a customer purchase order for
custom-configured multi-cell energy storage and power delivery solutions for systems requiring up to 540 volts.

Dr. Richard Balanson, Maxwell’s president and chief executive officer, said that the Quick-Turn program leverages standard modular building blocks and proprietary balancing, monitoring and thermal transfer technologies to establish a new industry standard for flexibility and responsiveness to customer requirements.

“Global demand for ultracapacitor-based solutions is real and growing, and we continue to move aggressively to capitalize on Maxwell’s technology
leadership to become the supplier of choice for transportation and
industrial manufacturers,” Balanson said. “By eliminating the complexity and long lead times that system designers frequently encounter when they want to evaluate and prototype ultracapacitors solutions, we are facilitating and accelerating development of new applications that have the potential to drive high volumes in the years ahead.”

Michael Everett, Maxwell’s vice president and chief technology officer, said that custom Quick Turn modules based on the BCAP 2600 2,600-farad Energy and Power cells are immediately available, and that additional options based on
the entire MC family of products, ranging from 650 to 3,000 farads will be phased in, beginning in the third quarter. Quick-Turn module pricing will be quoted on a fixed fee basis for quantities of one to five units.

Maxwell also offers a complete line of standard, 15- to 48-volt multi-cell
packs and modules based on the company’s Power- and Energy-type
ultracapacitor cells. Both standard and Quick Turn modules are encased in
rugged, splash-proof aluminium chassis and include internal cell balancing
that give designers “plug and play” solutions, plus module-to-module
balancing that makes them versatile building blocks for systems with higher
voltage requirements.

All BOOSTCAP cells with a capacitance of 650 farads or greater operate at
2.7 volts, enabling them to store more energy and deliver more power per
unit volume than any other commercially available ultracapacitor products.

“All of these products meet or exceed demanding transportation and
industrial application requirements for both watt-hours of energy storage
and watts of power delivery per kilogram and will perform reliably for more than one million discharge-recharge cycles,” Everett said. “The proprietary architecture and material science on which BOOSTCAP products are based also significantly reduce manufacturing cost, positioning Maxwell to compete favourably with batteries and other energy storage technologies.”

BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors deliver up to 10 times the power and longevity of
batteries, require no maintenance and operate reliably in extreme
temperatures. In transportation applications, they efficiently recapture energy from braking for reuse in hybrid drive trains, reducing fuel consumption and emissions. They also provide compact, lightweight,
“life-of-the vehicle” solutions to stabilize automotive power networks and
power new, all-electric subsystems, such as drive-by-wire steering. In
mission critical industrial applications, where backup power is critical for continued operation or a soft shutdown in the event of power interruptions, they provide reliable, cost-effective, maintenance-free energy storage. In wind turbine blade pitch and braking systems and other industrial applications, they provide a simple, solid state, highly reliable, solution to buffer short-term mismatches between the power available and the power required.

Maxwell is a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative, cost-effective energy storage and power delivery solutions. Our BOOSTCAP®
ultracapacitor cells and multi-cell modules and POWERCACHE® backup power
systems provide safe and reliable power solutions for applications in
consumer and industrial electronics, transportation and telecommunications.
Our CONDIS® high-voltage grading and coupling capacitors help to ensure the
safety and reliability of electric utility infrastructure and other
applications involving transport, distribution and measurement of
high-voltage electrical energy. Our radiation-mitigated microelectronic
products include power modules, memory modules and single board computers
that incorporate powerful commercial silicon for superior performance and
high reliability in aerospace applications. For more information, please visit our website: www.maxwell.com.

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