This already exists: https://youtu.be/qgQA_fySJ74?t=514
Making it work in practice is harder than it looks, though. -Luke On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 2:58 PM Peter VanDerWal via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > If that's the case, then they aught to embed steel rails in the lane. The > truck can get to/from the lane on rubber tires and then switch to steel > wheels on steel rails. Much better efficieny, reduce wear on tires (saves > money) and less micro-partical pollution. > > As an added bonus the rails could be electrified to power the trucks so > they don't need to haul around tons of batteries. Power could be derived > (at least part of the time) by using solar roofs for those lanes. > > This, of course, would make too much sense to ever be implemented. > > December 1, 2020 5:33 PM, "Mark Abramowitz via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > > At least initially, the proposal is for a special closed lane along the > freeway. > > > > - Mark > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20201203/3910c8af/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)