# Continues power

**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/continues-power/3720
**Category:** EV Small Talk
**Created:** [August 21, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/continues-power/3720 "2013-08-21T21:51:48Z")
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### Author: ![lespetrol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@lespetrol](https://community.electricforum.com/u/lespetrol)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/continues-power/3720/1 "2013-08-21T21:51:48Z")

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If I have a continues source of charging power while going down the road, would it be better to power the drive motor with ultracaps with power backup of lithium batteries which my power source is charging? Or should I just use the LiFePoe4 batteries?