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GluWu@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

There were a number of electric busses in the early 1900s. There are plenty of large electric people and material movers. They’ve been used for a hundred years now for underground mining.

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someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You mean trolley buses with overhead power lines? Doesn’t work so well for school routes that change.

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- GluWu@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  No, battery powered.
  
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  - someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    So the range would have been laughable.
    
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  - CADmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Were they able to keep up with modern traffic and go out to the suburbs and back?
    
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