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Yes, trains exist. What the mentioned platooning achieves though, is rapid re-grouping once a truck joins or leaves the platoon. Imagine that you save 10-20% o
by chinathrow 11y ago
Yes, trains exist.
What the mentioned platooning achieves though, is rapid re-grouping once a truck joins or leaves the platoon. Imagine that you save 10-20% of fuel within a platoon (as pointed out in the article), then precise scheduling entering the highway at the right time makes suddenly sense.
Trains can't do that with the same flexibility.
- revelation 11y agoFuel consumption is about the last thing you want to bring to the fore when comparing trucks to trains. You could take all the diesel in a truck, burn it in a oil power plant and use the generated electricity to power a train. You would go much further.
- chinathrow 11y agoI only compared the ability of those truck platoons to re-group dynamically to those of trains.