The testing approval occurred at about the same as Edison was taking it’s time in restoring power to parts of Los Angeles where lines were down, leading a County Supervisor, whose District was impacted, to oppose it, and to comment, “when you get into bed with Edison, you wake up with more than a good night’s sleep”.
Yes, he really said it - I was there. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Aug 3, 2021, at 7:14 PM, Haudy Kazemi via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > There are additional complications to consider, such as oversize loads on > those same roads, and consequences of crashes. If a crash knocks out a > catenary, I'd guess the safety fuse for that section of roadway would > blow...which then would stop any vehicles without at least some onboard > batteries. > > Railroads have a lot of control over the railcars traveling on their rail > lines. Highway departments have less control over highway vehicles. > > >> On Tue, Aug 3, 2021, 21:06 Mark Abramowitz via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> There was a one or two mile test of a catenary system near the ports in >> Los Angeles several years ago, using Siemens technology. >> >> The pilot project had an interesting twist - the pantograph would be >> connected for a portion of the trip, and then the truck would operate >> normally under whatever normally powered it - diesel or natural gas. >> >> There are videos of the system in operation, but the problem was that >> there were constant problems in even constructing the overhead wire system. >> If anyone is interested, there must be a final report or summary out there >> someplace. >> >> The Siemens guys were nice, the project - less so. >> >> - Mark >> >> Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone >> >>> On Aug 3, 2021, at 12:02 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> What if Highways Were Electric? Germany Is Testing the Idea. >>> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/business/electric-trucks-catenary-wire.html#commentsContainer >>> >>> There’s a debate over how to make the trucking industry free of >> emissions, and whether batteries or hydrogen fuel cells are the best way to >> fire up electric motors in big vehicles. Mr. Schmieder was part of a test _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
