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I think what they are trying in Europe with overhead wires for charging on the move allowing trucks to carry lighter batteries will be more successful.
by devman0 5y ago
I think what they are trying in Europe with overhead wires for charging on the move allowing trucks to carry lighter batteries will be more successful.
- dmitrygr 5y agoThose have existed for a while, complete with a small local battery and all: https://www.google.com/search?q=trolleybus https://www.google.com/search?q=trolleybus
- R0b0t1 5y agoSo... worse electric trains?
- lightbritefight 5y agoIf by worse electric trains you mean electric trains that can solve the last mile problem all in one mode of transit, then yes. Visual a bus that picks you up at its regular stops, but when it enters the highway of uses a long stretch of overhead wire to use nil battery. You get the benefits of scale and flexibility of a bus, but at a reduced cost than train infrastructure while still moving many, many more people than a car.
- nomel 5y agoI think you drastically underestimate how vast the American last mile is.
- llampx 5y agoMaybe the age of American sprawl powered by cheap gas and high incomes is over.
- manicdee 5y agoIt’s time to stick a pin in the suburbia ponzi scheme and call this failed experiment done. Separating people from their place of work by a forced commute was a great subsidy for the automotive and petroleum industries, but that is over now.
- nomel 5y ago> but that is over now What gives you this impression? What happens to the tens of millions of people who live in suburbia? What happens for those who enjoy living in suburbia?
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