Abstract: A packaged hybrid capacitor according to the invention includes a metal cup having a bottom wall with a periphery and an upstanding sidewall at the periphery and surrounding the bottom wall; a first capacitor electrode located within the sidewall and on the bottom wall of the metal cup; an endless electrically insulating plastic sealing member having a base and an outer wall upstanding from the base, disposed within the metal cup, the outer wall having a shape and size fitting within the cup, adjacent the sidewall of the cup; a metal cover including a top wall and a peripheral skirt extending from and surrounding the top wall and inclined relative the top wall toward an inside surface of the metal cover; a second capacitor electrode on the inside surface of the top wall; a separator disposed between the first and second electrodes; and an electrolyte within the capacitor and in contact with the first and second capacitor electrodes, wherein the sidewall of the metal cup bears against the peripheral skirt, wit