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It's a system that's already been proven to work. Though I'm not sure if any others used a battery. In a simple mechanical version you just connect two carts t
by shiandow 1y ago
It's a system that's already been proven to work.
Though I'm not sure if any others used a battery. In a simple mechanical version you just connect two carts to each other so one is pulled up while the other goes down.
- masklinn 1y agoYes there are multiple systems in testing or production which do battery KERS e.g. Fortescue‘s roadrunner mine truck. There are also trains which do energy recovery but shove it onto the network e.g. Sweden’s Malmbanan. As you note direct gravity devices are centuries old: water balances, gravity balances, paired boat lifts (like the Falkirk wheel), …