And they are already electric vehicles - just supplied by diesel generators.

On Sep 22, 2015 4:33 PM, Bill Dube via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Interesting point. Also, the cars "draft" one another so the air
> resistance is quite low as well.
> It takes only ~0.6 HP to move per ton to propel a train 50 mph. About 5%
> of the energy that it takes to move a truck or a car at the same speed.
> http://www.brooklynrail.net/science_of_railway_locomotion.html
>
> Bill
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