In the case of lead and lead dioxide, this potential difference is just over two volts per cell.

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But electricity on the utilities' grid courses at a searingly high 60, 000 to 500, 000 volts while it travels hundreds of kilometers over transmission lines to populated areas.

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But electricity on the utilities' grid courses at a searingly high 60, 000 to 500, 000 volts while it travels hundreds of miles over transmission lines to populated areas.

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Meanwhile, General Motors tripled the number of extended-range hybrid Chevrolet Volts it sold in September, to 2, 851, over a year ago.

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