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> but it's not like the skill set of manufacturing one really translates to manufacturing the other.

They're not?

While batteries store energy in a chemical reaction and capacitors store it in an electric field; physically their construction is very similar.

Super capacitors, like batteries, have plates and use an electrolyte. They are also packaged similarly.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=industrial+capacitor&t=fpas&iax=im...

I would imagine there is quite a bit of overlap in manufacturing and chemistry.



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