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Re:World's first electrified road for charging vehicles open... by dest on Thursday April 12, 2018 @05:22PM (#16825049)
At high velocities (> 40 km/h?) the main drag comes from aerodynamics (turbulence, air viscosity…), not rolling resistance.
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Re:World's first electrified road for charging vehicles open... by rb808 on Thursday April 12, 2018 @06:12PM (#16825390)
perhaps with autonomous cars and rails the cars can follow each other very closely so improves aerodynamics too.
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Re:World's first electrified road for charging vehicles open... by dx034 on Friday April 13, 2018 @02:30AM (#16827548)
They already trialed that with trucks where several trucks form a convoy, controlled from the first one. Saves ~30% fuel for the following trucks. That could be used flexibly and probably contain 5-6 trucks minimum without disturbing traffic.
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Re:World's first electrified road for charging vehicles open... by dest on Thursday April 12, 2018 @06:51PM (#16825677)
indeed
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