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The thing we really need is inductive charging for the busses at each stop, and at each stoplight. Then you don't need to carry the heavy batteries around. htt
by jonahhorowitz 8y ago
The thing we really need is inductive charging for the busses at each stop, and at each stoplight. Then you don't need to carry the heavy batteries around.
https://bigthink.com/design-for-good/wireless-charging-road-for-electric-busses-will-be-built-in-israel https://bigthink.com/design-for-good/wireless-charging-road-...
- alkonaut 8y agoFor high traffic routes you could electrify the road and need even less batteries. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/12/worlds-first-electrified-road-for-charging-vehicles-opens-in-sweden https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/12/worlds-f...
- romwell 8y agoIt looks like you are inventing a trolley bus [1] [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus
- iguy 8y agoOr last century's version: https://www.google.com/search?q=trolley+bus&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=trolley+bus&tbm=isch But agree that hybrids seem like an interesting option. Electrifying half the route may be much much easier than electrifying 100%, and would let you run small-battery electric busses all day.