Question though. Obviously the wires can't cover every road and the truck sometimes has to drive off the wired road. Do they have small batteries to carry them between the wires?

[–] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are 5 testing areas for this atm and only a handful of trucks which use that. These are hybrid trucks having batteries and electrical engines besides the main traditional diesel engine. So it's far from an widely adopted tech right now.

[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If they can get that to work this can be massive, assuming we don't want to improve our rail infrastructure. It will also keep trucks from the passing lane

[–] mriguy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We’ve had these in Boston since I was a kid, but recently they’ve been taking down the wires.

[–] vd1n@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren't those fro the T though? Or did bus routes use them too?

[–] mriguy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The busses out of Harvard station used them (71, 73, 75? and some others).

[–] PeterLossGeorgeWall@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Silver line to the airport too, right?

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

The wires aren’t for propulsion, but for recharging electric trucks.