@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 3 months agoIs the US finally getting ‘all aboard’ with electric trains?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish46•3 months 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•3 months 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.