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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... why not have as many cables as possible so you can simply minimize battery size? Trolleybuses are just more efficient battery buses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cables are expensive and dangerous. Why have them at all?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Batteries are also expensive, and how are cables dangerous? We use them for trams without issue.

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

People die from touching cables quite regularly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have literally never heard of it, and considering how ravenous media is for engagement that makes me rather dubious of that claim.