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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: daffy on November 12, 2017, 07:58:24 PM

Title: Rail technology for road use? A Siemens project.
Post by: daffy on November 12, 2017, 07:58:24 PM
Just came across this item about a road test in Sweden for hybrid trucks using pantograph and overhead catenary wire power, as per railways and tram systems. The test on a short stretch of highway was last June.

Just found it interesting so have posted the video here.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KwinzekBIGc (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KwinzekBIGc)

Swiss news item I originally read is here, in German, though Google Translate will help:

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wissen/technik/erster-elektrifizierter-highway-fuer-lastwagen/story/21744860 (https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wissen/technik/erster-elektrifizierter-highway-fuer-lastwagen/story/21744860)
Title: Re: Rail technology for road use? A Siemens project.
Post by: Railwaygun on November 12, 2017, 10:24:03 PM
they will be reinventing the trolley bus next!