• @Aux
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    -11 year ago

    New electric buses in London are fucking amazing, no need for trolleys.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      Until in 5-10 years when the batteries are fucked.

      That’s the beautiful thing about trolley buses - they do not need a (substantial) battery. They are basically trains on wheels.

      There are some places where battery powered buses make sense - for example, where I live, lucerne Switzerland, there is one bus line that just goes up and down a rather steep hill. By using recuperative braking, the battery powered bus is super efficient. For other, normal ‘high traffic’ lines, trolley makes so much more sense

      • @Aux
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        01 year ago

        Trolleys don’t really make any sense. I come from Riga, it has a lot of trolleys and the city is designed around trolleys and trams. And yet modern trolleys have bloody diesel engines, because being permanently hooked to the wire makes no sense at all. It’s much better to have electric buses with a few overhead wires here and there to fast charge on the go.