Electric Vehicles?

[j_garcia]

Range for common EVs in cold weather, with and without heat pumps. Looks like my observation is confirmed there too, the seat heaters are less of an impact on range vs. the cabin heater

https://insideevs.com/news/747374/ev-range-loss-cold-heat-pump-data/#:~:text=EVs%20with%20a%20heat%20pump,world%20range%20in%20the%20cold

Well at least in the railroad sector we are at least 'halfway there', our locomotives are diesel/electric !

Caltrain Commences Fully Electrified Service | Caltrain

www.caltrain.com

 

[Mikado463]

Caltrain Commences Fully Electrified Service | Caltrain

www.caltrain.com

For sure, electrification in railways here in the US has been in use for the past 100 years or so. Here in the East on the former Main Line of the PRR, Amtrak is is powered by overhead catenary up and down the NE Corridor and West out of Philly to Harrisburg, Pa.

Rode home from the Auto Show last night on a commuter train being pulled by a 'motor' ........