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minus-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoEfficiency drops significantly as you go faster than 50mph, so they would be more practical for city cars that don’t do a lot of time on the highway.
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 days agosounds like a great use case for a city bus or battery powered tram.
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 days agoIt’s so stupid that we ditched electricity powered trams and buses through wires.
minus-squareMotoAsh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoYes and no. Electric vehicles are good, though it’s not exactly a safety feature to have exposed wiring.
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoVancouver BC has had exposed trolley wires for many decades, no major mishaps. Sometimes drivers have to jump out and reconnect the charge arms, which puts them in the road for half a minute. Can you point out the actual, demonstrated risks?
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThose wires are high enough to avoid problems. Unless one tries to, that is. OTOH EV might burn (though with newer types of batteries less and less).
Efficiency drops significantly as you go faster than 50mph, so they would be more practical for city cars that don’t do a lot of time on the highway.
sounds like a great use case for a city bus or battery powered tram.
It’s so stupid that we ditched electricity powered trams and buses through wires.
Yes and no. Electric vehicles are good, though it’s not exactly a safety feature to have exposed wiring.
Vancouver BC has had exposed trolley wires for many decades, no major mishaps. Sometimes drivers have to jump out and reconnect the charge arms, which puts them in the road for half a minute.
Can you point out the actual, demonstrated risks?
Those wires are high enough to avoid problems. Unless one tries to, that is. OTOH EV might burn (though with newer types of batteries less and less).