Winseer:
dancompression:
SouthEastCashew:
Yep…!! No word on trucks yet good luck to the next Einstein who thinks a poxy electric motor can pull 30+ tonne worth’…Of course they can. I don’t how many tonnes are pulled by electric motors in diesel electric trains. They main problem they need to solve is getting battery technology light enough to make an electric tractor unit the same weight or less than the equivalent range and power of a diesel one.
…maybe the 44tonner of the future will be 42.5 tonnes of “locomotive” electric artic combination with a payload of 1.5t - about the same as one of those E-type trailers they drag behind a coach…
This hasn’t been thought out very well though - has it?
If people think their new car they were about to buy is “not going to be legal past 2040” - then guess what? - People won’t be buying new cars any more.
What’s THAT going to do to the domestic car market?…It’ll do wonders for the 2nd hand car market, mind… But that’s another story!
I don’t think many people buying a new car, worry too much about if they’d be able to drive it in 23 years time.