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submitted 5 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

I hope you are not talking about battery locomotives.

With overhead wires the train has a practically unlimited battery capacity.