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txlibdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 09:18 AM
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Electric buses
Listen to the difference when the Diesel bus takes off, then later in the video the electric bus takes off. Beautiful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrVBCMPOsx4&feature=related

"Fast-charging electric bus at work"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=t3rg-SsPJuU

"Proterra EcoRide at Foothill" - fast charging electric bus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKM8v0Vdasc&feature=related
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 09:24 AM
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1. I was riding electric buses fifty years ago..
They were great, quick acceleration, clean and quiet.
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 09:26 AM
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2. We had those in the UK when I was a kid back in the fifties
Edited on Fri Nov-18-11 09:27 AM by dipsydoodle


Entire floor pan was occupied by 4 volt lead acid accumulator batteries with the charging and maybe power boost too provided by the overhead cables. To change direction the hooks were transferred onto another set of cables using long poles.

They were completely silent. Memories of another day. :)
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OKIsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 09:35 AM
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3. In Boston, they call them "trackless trolleys"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston-area_trackless_trolleys
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