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Trams, Trolleys and Streetcars

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It runs on rails, which is called a tram or streetcar

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't see any rails in the image?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Top left, the rest are magnetic rails under the red line

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

magnetic rails

If it's not steel on steel it's not a tram.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

So, the tram has tyres? Like a bus?
Or is it maglev, which would be nice?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It probably just uses the magnetic "rail" to guide it on the road.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

SoI I'm guessing it could be replaced by a 5$ GPS reciever

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

the magnets don't directly move the vehicle, the field it generates is just measured by the sensor on the car to be able to get reliably accurate position data iirc

gps definitely can't provide that level of accuracy reliably