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Drift Velocity
The model of free electrons in a metal is wrong. This was called the Drude model (named after Paul Drude).
In reality, the effect is due to how the electron shells align in a material to form separate bands (conducting and valence), with Delocalized Electrons being present in the conduction band.
But the Drude model can be used with some corrections even now.