The energy source of a battery is the same as that of combusting gasoline or burning wood – the rearrangement of chemica

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The energy source of a battery is the same as that of
combusting gasoline or burning wood – the
rearrangement of chemical bonds. The binding forces of
atoms are electric, and batteries cleverly exploit this fact
to produce electricity directly instead of producing heat
first. In theory, batteries should be better storage media
than gasoline, not worse, because they are optimally
efficient and generate little waste heat.
However, they lose this efficiency advantage through the
large extra weight they must carry to function.
Conventional batteries do not use oxygen from the air
but instead carry all their reactants on board.
a. Using the information provided alongside,
estimate the mass of a battery pack for a 2021
Model 3 Tesla EV.
b. Do some brief online research and provide a
breakdown of the type and mass of materials
used in the Tesla Model 3 EV’s Li-ion batteries.
State your reference(s).
c. Briefly comment on the social-, technological-,
environmental-, economic-, and political
ramifications of extensive use of lithium-ion
batteries.