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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity (arstechnica.com)

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The X1 aircraft is comparable in size to a small regional airliner and can achieve a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 25,000 pounds with the help of four wing-mounted electric motors. The battery-electric propulsion system delivered more than one megawatt of power during the maiden flight.

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[–] Scheisser@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Have you lived next to a track where trains travel frequently? The noise is mostly ok, however the vibrations are not. I would not live closer than 1 km or so from the track, otherwise you feel the house vibrate every time a train passes. Good luck if the trains pass each hour, especially during the nights.

Airports are worse tho, I'll give you that.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have spent my entire childhood in a house at a mere 125m away from the train tracks, with trains passing 8 times per hour (excl. freight which also passes every now and then). You could faintly hear them if you were in the garden, but never in a bothersome way. I have not once felt anything vibrate from a passing train. Maybe this is different for poorly built houses? But it really shouldn't be an issue.

[–] Scheisser@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Could be that the house or ground type is different. I also lived there for only a few months, which could be too short to get used to it. Would not choose to live close to frequently used tracks again though.

I would think that house was from the cheaper end though, which could explain things.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago

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That is very much a it depends. Freight trains are like that, as are passenger trains on steel bridges, or anything with a large diesel engine. However we know how to make tracks that are not like that. Concrete bridges dampen vibration well. Elective EMUs are also much quieter.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

It the make a small airport electrics only, the airport can be right inside the city.