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To: nascarnation

Someday they’ll offer diesel-electric cars and trucks (like train locomotives).


32 posted on 03/14/2012 1:51:31 PM PDT by GourmetDan (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: GourmetDan

They do have diesel electric hybrid trucks and buses now.
I worked on them before I retired.

But you need a direct drive transmission for cruising.
The edrive is too inefficient.

The only reason trains don’t have mechanical coupling is because it’s too complex with all the drive wheels.

Study mining haul trucks as a comparison. Mechanical drive has obsoleted electric drive all the way up to 300 ton rigs.


33 posted on 03/14/2012 1:54:26 PM PDT by nascarnation
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