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So uh, I posted about a Funny Tram concept yesterday.... as it turns out... Its already Real (i.imgur.com)
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[–] sassypablo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Is that.. a battery tram?

[–] McBB@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

There's a similar system for buses in Geneva. The bus recharges for 20 seconds while the passengers get off and on during stops.

https://www.tpg.ch/en/about-us/tpg-today-and-tomorrow/innovation#tosa-technology+flash-recharges

[–] sassypablo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the link :)

I had heard of battery busses but never battery trams... It feels so weird to do, if you're already committing to a rail system, is a third rail or over head cabling that much more of an investment? That tram has a battery that'll need replacing at some point and I am really curious when the cost of replacing batteries will over take cost of a third rail/pantograph system.

This is genuine curiousity, not me just ragging on battery tech