Well, they’d only need enough batteries to cover the distance without overhead lines. So for shortish sections it’s probably fine, just charge while on the powered section.
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teolan@lemmy.world 1 week agoBut even in that case it’s 10x better to have more frequent, cheaper diesel trains than having insanely expensive and heavy battery trains.
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Not if your goal is to reach net zero emissions at some point
teolan@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s not going to happen within the lifetime of the batteries of the trains though.