@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 1 month agoIs the US finally getting ‘all aboard’ with electric trains?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish46•1 month agoBatteries are heavy and expensive. A wired power source is so much more efficient for rail it’s barely worth discussing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•1 month agoAnd have a much shorter lifespan than catenary wire or third rail.
Batteries are heavy and expensive. A wired power source is so much more efficient for rail it’s barely worth discussing.
And have a much shorter lifespan than catenary wire or third rail.