May I ask exactly what you mean? My own comment of Diesel “over” electric means the tried and proven efficiency of diesel engines driving generators to drive electric motors which I have studied in depth.
No batteries needed at all. We should have adopted this principle with automobiles and trucks 50 years ago. There is a very good reason why this is still the standard with locomotives.
There have been a very few arrangements like this produced and sold in mass, but they are Gasoline driven and not diesel driven. With only half the efficiency a diesel would be in the same arrangement.
New diesel technology can now make a diesel run just as clean as a gasoline engine with almost twice the mileage. But we refuse to allow this arrangement to be used in this country.
I agree. Among many other reasons, it is embedded gasoline/oil producers and manufacturers that stifle innovation also. If ya’ gonna do it...ya gotta do it yourself and small scale till financially rock solid stable, then introduce to larger market
Ah, then we both meant the same thing: diesel-electric trains.
I read your “over” as “instead of”. Thanks for clarifying.