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Comments on The “World’s First Solar Train” is in Reality a Battery Train Anton Dubrau's blog about maps, transit ideas and implementations2018-01-01T06:31:01Zhttps://www.cat-bus.com/2017/12/the-worlds-first-solar-powered-train-is-in-reality-a-battery-powered-train/feed/atom/WordPress
By: ant6n ant6nhttp://www.cat-bus.com/?p=531#comment-57472018-01-01T06:31:01Z2018-01-01T06:31:01ZHa! I didn’t consider that. My point was to do some back-of-the-envelope calculation to see viability at its most basic level (i.e. order of magnitude). BART is simply a rapid transit example for which power usage numbers are available.
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By: mare marehttp://www.cat-bus.com/?p=531#comment-57462018-01-01T05:44:16Z2018-01-01T05:44:16ZCool, a battery train.
Nitpick: a large part of the BART network (30% of the stations) runs underground, where there’s not much sun, so those calculations are probably a bit too optimistic. Not that it matters, I doubt even in SF anybody is crazy enough to put solar panels on trains.