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[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

What the actual fuck⁈ “Batteries can catch on fire.” Sure, whatever could go wrong with a 1000l tank of FUCKING GASOLINE.

AAAaaaaHHhh I hate people!

[–] SyJ@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is just a tram without the tracks? Guessing it is just for charging otherwise why not just have a tram which is much safer, more space and can basically drive itself

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It has some benefits if they are worth or not I am not so sure.

It's easier to change the routes, either permanent or temporally. In the case of temporally if it has a second source of power like battery or non electrical engine it can like use a non electrified street if there is some emergency or construction or whatever.

You can change routes for special days easily without junctions or whatever is needed for trams without big issues.

And even if it needs to electrify a new zone it, it probably much faster than the work for adding new rails and junctions.

[–] annakissed@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly, you don't need to build tram tracks, and you can easily build routes uphill/downhill. I'm no expert on trams but I think it's pretty complicated to have them go through versatile environments without having to build tunnel systems etc, so building a network that makes even more remote corners of a city accessible is much easier.

[–] OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

And the same people who gripe about overhead cables apparently have no trouble staring at a street full of idling, polluting, and noisy cars. It's really impressive.

[–] redballooon@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because diesel catching on fire is totally unheard of.

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because diesel catching on fire is totally unheard of.

On it's own? Pretty much unheard of. Usually is a leak and something else set it on fire.

Batteries on the other hand plenty of cases where the battery itself was the starting point. Is usually cause by a bad design or external factors? Yes, not saying otherwise.

And tbh Diesel is the worse example you could put as requires either high pressure or a continuous exposure to a flame as you could throw a lit match on it and it wouldn't set it on fire. Petrol/Gasoline on the other hand...

[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Both cases are "external factors causing a fire"

[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine your car catching fire while you are pumping fuel...

[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I don't have to imagine, I saw it with my own eyes. Although it was a bike. Some random spark somewhere ignited the fumes, scary shit.