I hate to say it, but trolley cables are ugly, at least where I’ve seen them. It makes the streets look like old times, when each building or home had a dedicated cable going to it from a pole.
I know it’s better than batteries, but is there no other way?
Oh man, but look how much more efficient they are: You have a large, high energy network to draw from when climbing very hard hills and full of passengers.
So the bus electric motor only has to pull itself, the chassis, and the passengers up the hills, instead of all the above plus a several thousand pound battery, whose weight does not vary with state of charge.
My point is, I know you’re aware they’re better, but they’re so much better to where it blasts appearance out of the question for me and others who understand the system.
Electrified rails are incredibly dangerous for trams as people are expected to walk on the rails while crossing roads, that’s why everyone uses pantograph wires
I hate to say it, but trolley cables are ugly, at least where I’ve seen them. It makes the streets look like old times, when each building or home had a dedicated cable going to it from a pole.
I know it’s better than batteries, but is there no other way?
Oh man, but look how much more efficient they are: You have a large, high energy network to draw from when climbing very hard hills and full of passengers.
So the bus electric motor only has to pull itself, the chassis, and the passengers up the hills, instead of all the above plus a several thousand pound battery, whose weight does not vary with state of charge.
My point is, I know you’re aware they’re better, but they’re so much better to where it blasts appearance out of the question for me and others who understand the system.
There is - the electric rail. It can only be used with rail transportation, but allows to transfer power without any overhead cables.
As per buses, the only thing one can imagine is wireless power transfer from under the road, but that comes with an extreme power loss.
Electrified rails are incredibly dangerous for trams as people are expected to walk on the rails while crossing roads, that’s why everyone uses pantograph wires
I kind of assumed they were engineered in a way that doesn’t allow people to accidentally close the circuit. The more I know!