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Switzerland’s solar railway has been a success. What happens next? (www.euronews.com)

submitted 19 hours ago by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Musk will do it better with tunnels full of self driving cars that are recharged in real time from the solar panel roads they are driving on!

[–] towerful@programming.dev 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Nah, the tunnel needs to be surrounded by magnets that induce a current in the Tesla as it drives through. That current can then be used to charge the Tesla.

[–] JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Ok but now my brain is thinking we may as well strip it down as much as possible, just use the magnets to move metal boxes with wheels like a railgun

[–] towerful@programming.dev 1 points 8 minutes ago

No. This would require the driver to keep the car perfectly aligned... Unless...
What if we used some sort of auto-steering system. Like, if the wheels had no ability to go anywhere other than the track.
And metal wheels on a metal road is going to have the least friction and least wear and... oh fuck we just re-invented trains

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

People who believe this works likely have studied business economics.