According to several studies e-highways are an alternative that will significantly help to reduce CO2-emissions. Electrified road technology is one part of Scania’s sustainable transport solutions and which is now also being tested on German roads. bit.ly/2RB31GA
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Any of you older guys, like me, remember trolley buses ■■? 
pierrot 14:
Any of you older guys, like me, remember trolley buses ■■?
Yep and like the new stuff, the electric had to come from somewhere. Whod’a thought it.
be some magnet required to get that one to bed . lol
peterm:
pierrot 14:
Any of you older guys, like me, remember trolley buses ■■?Yep and like the new stuff, the electric had to come from somewhere. Whod’a thought it.
It all makes as much sense as chucking out the domestic gas heating system and replacing it with electric regardless of whether it’s cable supplied or batteries.Let alone when road fuel taxes are added to the price of electric at the meter.
That would be quite a piece of art when its attached to a bridge.
The railways have enough trouble with pantographs pulling down the overhead. The golden rule of Trolleybus driving was: “Never, but never, overtake the one in front!” Can you imagine the chaos when some of the cretins driving HGV get let loose with these. At least when we had trolleybuses they only managed to loose the poles.
Can’t see how they would fold up enough to get under low trees etc. Normally can squeeze under slowly with maybe a few moved branches, but those look far too fragile.
Would like to know how the system will cope with the arching which is guaranteed to happen after a few years as the cables stretch and get damaged.
What happens the first time one of the lines gets hit by a badly maintained pantograph? Suddenly Joe Bloggs Cowboy Trucking closes an entire motorway by bringing down a powerline as they didn’t maintain their pantograph.
Considering how little money there is for potholes even on motorways, how the heck are they going to maintain these!?
Since 17’ is the max height the cables can be due to motorway bridges, how can it be safe for 16’ trailers to get under the cables?
On the plus side, if you get stuck in a corner, an intimidating traveller-type will jump on board, reach over your shoulder and steer you out of trouble.
Not really an electric alternative, considering the wires above the bloody thing will be full of the stuff.
Also not green, germany loves that brown coal