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Overhead Catenary Cables to Charge Electric Lorries.

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So, what do readers think of this idea?  Surely those large pantographs cause high wind resistance? Perhaps if the lorries were put on steel rails they would be self steering and free up the roads.


From the Beeb. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-50223895/could-electric-roads-spark-a-green-transport-revolution


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    wallywombat:

    Dumb question here - with a trolley bus (which doesn't have rails), how is the return path for the current provided?




     

    Easy - two overhead wires.  But that means a simple pantograph won't work.  You need two spring loaded arms, each hooked onto one wire.
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    wallywombat:

    Dumb question here - with a trolley bus (which doesn't have rails), how is the return path for the current provided?




     

    Easy - two overhead wires.  But that means a simple pantograph won't work.  You need two spring loaded arms, each hooked onto one wire.
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