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minus-squareDesistance@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI can’t imagine how heavy that battery will be. I wonder if they will do it old school coal car style for the battery or fully integrated. Either way if this works out, the hydrogen clan will be very upset. Better yet they should do a combination of overhead electrical contact and batteries for those ultra wilderness areas.
minus-squareLeftToaster@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIf only there were some way to connect trains to the electrical grid with something like overhead wires so they didn’t have to carry fuel or batteries in board … /S
I can’t imagine how heavy that battery will be. I wonder if they will do it old school coal car style for the battery or fully integrated.
Either way if this works out, the hydrogen clan will be very upset.
Better yet they should do a combination of overhead electrical contact and batteries for those ultra wilderness areas.
If only there were some way to connect trains to the electrical grid with something like overhead wires so they didn’t have to carry fuel or batteries in board … /S