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Lightning energy model vs Electric car battery: energy comparison

The energy of a lightning energy model is about 4.63 times the energy of an electric car battery. Selected basis: approximate values.

Lightning energy model
Energy
Electric car battery
Energy
Scale

ENERGY STORED OR TRANSFERRED

Lightning energy model
1 GJEnergy
0
Electric car battery
216 MJEnergy
0

Bar length represents energy. Equal energy does not imply the same temperature, power or usefulness.

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