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Great idea, let's put pantographs on teslas. and while we're at it maybe we can reduce the maintenance requirements by putting them on sort of durable guideway
by andbberger 5y ago
Great idea, let's put pantographs on teslas. and while we're at it maybe we can reduce the maintenance requirements by putting them on sort of durable guideway, say made out of metal. and if we also use a metal wheel we can use the guideway for return current and only put up one wire...
- i_am_proteus 5y agoTangential art, in which one gentleman modified a Toyota to run off of municipal transit power lines in San Francisco, United States: https://thebolditalic.com/hacked-prius-running-on-muni-power-lines-the-bold-italic-san-francisco-80cdbe55d68e https://thebolditalic.com/hacked-prius-running-on-muni-power...
- andbberger 5y agounfortunately not real but a guy can dream of an ebike that runs off the trolleybus wires
- kube-system 5y agoYou don’t have to put them on rails. We could have highway lanes that power vehicles for long distance travel, and then they rely on battery for local use. https://youtu.be/_3P_S7pL7Yg https://youtu.be/_3P_S7pL7Yg This could have some big advantages to cramming larger batteries into vehicles and trying to charge them at higher rates. Cheaper, lighter and safer vehicles, and batteries that last longer.
- otabdeveloper4 5y agoToo high tech, and the infrastructure costs are enormous. Maybe in another 100 years. :P
- AHabe 5y agoI feel like I've heard of this before somewhere but I can't quite place it... Maybe make these new Teslas high occupancy as well so dozens of people can go where they need to go at a time?
- andbberger 5y agowhat if - what if - what if we tied several of them together into some sort of convoy for people who want to go to the same place