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Gainwhore t1_iwgot1g wrote
Wait hybrid trains have been a thing for quite a while now. How is this something new ?
sjpllyon OP t1_iwgpcbr wrote
Because it's coming from the UK. So we stole it and consequently invented it.
We've also invented roads, toilets, sandwiches, teddy bears, engines, everything we, stole, invented it.
Gainwhore t1_iwgpoem wrote
Well at least the money is going into trains and not cars so thats good
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_iwi9gey wrote
Doesn’t hybrid mean diesel-electric?
Gainwhore t1_iwico1n wrote
No its more about using battery storage. Yes it could also be diesel electric but the point it that it uses excess energy to fill its battery storage
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_iwil7q7 wrote
We just call them battery-electric, not hybrid.
AidenTEMgotsnapped t1_iwg86ev wrote
This is pretty cool, but this isn't nearly enough money. Hopefully they get funding from a train company.