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How do electric car batteries store electricity?

Just curious—how do electric car batteries store electricity?

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Simply put, the electricity in an electric car battery is stored in battery cells in the form of chemical potential.
Without getting too technical, batteries can accept, store and release electricity on demand. They store energy through chemistry. Consider how logs can store energy in their chemical bonds and expel heat energy when burned.
Gasoline stores energy the same way by converting its chemical potential to mechanical energy when starting a traditional car engine.
Similarly, electricity is converted into chemical potential and stored in the materials within a lithium-ion battery cell. Lithium is a highly reactive metal that
electric car
 automakers have decided is perfect for the job.
Along with having high energy efficiency, low self-discharge, and good high-temperature performance, the lithium-ion battery is currently the best choice for our EVs.
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