I grew up in San Francisco during the 1950s. We had electric buses and trolley cars. When the poles came off the overhead wires, the buses could travel for a while on battery power before hooking up again down the block. In the last ten years, they painted over some electric buses with slogans saying "Zero Emission Vehicle!" and such, as if it was a new thing. BS, these were around since the mid-20th century. We still have a mix of electric buses, electric trolley streetcars, and diesels. It's worked for a century, and can still be done this way for another hundred years.
“I grew up in San Francisco during the 1950s. We had electric buses and trolley cars.”
Wait a minute. They’re powered by overhead wires and arms off of the top of the bus that contact the wires. Interesting that they had some battery power.
I remember when they ripped out the streetcar rails and overhead wires in my home town.
Johnny Carson told a joke:
A old lady was standing by the trolley rails. She asked someone nearby if she touched both rails at once would she be electrocuted. The person said no, you’d have to throw your other leg over that wire up there to be electrocuted.