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Rapid-charging battery train trial launched (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 8 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] waka@feddit.de 13 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Makes me wonder if this is cheaper than refitting a train line with overhead wiring and if not possible, power rails.

[–] frazw@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The article covered that. This is designed to be cheaper apparently....

[–] waka@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

Thanks, glimpsed over that line too fast. So durability concerns are most likely the limiting factor, hence the trial run. If, say, the battery can't keep up wih continuously getting topped up and fails after a short time, it's impractical/expensive. But could be the other way around as well.

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