The testing approval occurred at about the same as Edison was taking it’s time
in restoring power to parts of Los Angeles where lines were down, leading a
County Supervisor, whose District was impacted, to oppose it, and to comment,
“when you get into bed with Edison, you wake up with more than
There are additional complications to consider, such as oversize loads on
those same roads, and consequences of crashes. If a crash knocks out a
catenary, I'd guess the safety fuse for that section of roadway would
blow...which then would stop any vehicles without at least some onboard
batteries.
There was a one or two mile test of a catenary system near the ports in Los
Angeles several years ago, using Siemens technology.
The pilot project had an interesting twist - the pantograph would be connected
for a portion of the trip, and then the truck would operate normally under
whatever
I wanna see electrification of what's left of the US rail network this
way. Seems like a no-brainer, but it's a big investment that will take a
while to pay off.
On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 12:27 PM EVDL Administrator via EV
wrote:
> The subject looks like an auto-incorrection error. I think it's
The subject looks like an auto-incorrection error. I think it's supposed to
be "catenaries." (Bloody smartphones think they're smarter than they are.)
>From the Oxford Dictionary:
Centenary: The hundredth anniversary of a significant event; a centennial.
Catenary: A curve formed by a wire,
What if Highways Were Electric? Germany Is Testing the Idea.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/business/electric-trucks-catenary-wire.html#commentsContainer
There’s a debate over how to make the trucking industry free of
emissions, and whether batteries or hydrogen fuel cells are the best way
