@bossito to [email protected] • 1 year agoThe dream of the first hydrogen rail network has died a quick deathqz.comexternal-linkmessage-square7arrow-up120arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]train
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkThe dream of the first hydrogen rail network has died a quick deathqz.com@bossito to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square7cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]train
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•1 year agoFor those too lazy to read: Now a year after the commercial launch, the Lower Saxony state ministry has abandoned ideas for future hydrogen trains, arguing that battery-electric models “are cheaper to operate.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoBattery? Why would a train need a battery? Just electrify the tracks?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year agoCheaper to build a charger at a station than to electrify very old track sections
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year agoYeah, many rail sections in Europe are not electrified. Battery-electric is definitely better than diesel.
minus-squarelemmyvorelinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agohttps://www.statista.com/statistics/451522/share-of-the-rail-network-which-is-electrified-in-europe/ for the curious. Switzerland is the only European country with 100%, next closest are at 75-90%, EU average is 56%.
For those too lazy to read:
Battery? Why would a train need a battery? Just electrify the tracks?
Cheaper to build a charger at a station than to electrify very old track sections
Yeah, many rail sections in Europe are not electrified. Battery-electric is definitely better than diesel.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/451522/share-of-the-rail-network-which-is-electrified-in-europe/ for the curious. Switzerland is the only European country with 100%, next closest are at 75-90%, EU average is 56%.