Batteries for dummies
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Indeed, especially so when the government outlaws the mining and processing of rare earth elements needed for EV batteries here in the United States where we have far more environmentally friendly ways of doing that work relative to China.
But as we all know, pollution and environmental damage somehow doesn't count when it's happening overseas, especially in China.
To be technically correct, a battery cell DOES produce electricity (by definition). Otherwise it's simply a capacitor. Of course, a battery cell produces electricity only until the chemicals are depleted; at that point it must be recharged or replaced.
C/P While a battery stores potential energy in the chemical form, a capacitor stores its potential energy in an electrostatic field. In simple terms, batteries store and distribute energy in a linear form – like a constant electrical flow. Capacitors, on the other hand, distribute energy in short bursts.