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A passenger train in the USA weighs about 1000 tons, plus another 150 or so tons of locomotive, before we add the passengers (seating 80 per car and about 11 ca

A passenger train in the USA weighs about 1000 tons, plus another 150 or so tons of locomotive, before we add the passengers (seating 80 per car and about 11 cars for 880 passengers). That’s about a ton per passenger.

kjkjadksj 1y ago
To be fair an EV would be at least two tons per passenger. I guess a 1990s honda civic is still one if the most efficient means of vehicular travel.
- bombcar 1y ago
  It's pretty hard to beat those 90s cars - you could fit five adults in them, and they didn't even weigh 2 tons.