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So uh, I posted about a Funny Tram concept yesterday.... as it turns out... Its already Real (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I would only power it when there is a car on top of it. That was done a hundred years ago. Now it is much easier. It just takes an IGBT per section. Seems pretty easy.

Magnetic Resonate wireless chargers are about 90% efficient but it seems that is a lot more complicated and expensive. Still this seems like an huge improvement over those charging stations.

I don't see any reason to charge from the top of the vehicle no matter what method you use.

[–] cynar 4 points 6 months ago

Charging from the top means you can easily keep the public away from the contacts. It's also easier to keep things clean. It might also be a factor that you don't have to dig up the road to add a new station/charger.

There was likely some cost/benefit analysis done that found it was cheaper/more reliable/less logistically complex.