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Yes, but it is NOT more efficient than generating all that power, transmitting it, and then putting it into a battery, and reconverting it into mechanical energy again. End-to-end it is LESS efficient.

A tank of gas does not lose energy in transmission nor in storage, and it is far far more weight:performance efficient.




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