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Re:World's first electrified road for charging vehicles open... by thaumasiotes on Friday April 13, 2018 @12:25AM (#16827125)
> Moving goods from the train to the truck is not a negligible cost.

Really? I was under the impression that this was one of the primary benefits of standard shipping containers.

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Re:World's first electrified road for charging vehicles open... by seanmcdirmid on Friday April 13, 2018 @01:06AM (#16827245)
That goods transfer costs would be negligible?
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Re:World's first electrified road for charging vehicles open... by andrewwharton on Friday April 13, 2018 @02:49AM (#16827644)
Between shipping modes, yes. Hence the name "Intermodal Container".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_container

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Re:World's first electrified road for charging vehicles open... by thaumasiotes on Friday April 13, 2018 @03:59AM (#16827932)
Yes. Unloading stuff from a container is not a negligible cost, but transferring the whole thing from a train to a semitruck really should be. It is a very large part of their purpose.
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