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Long distance trucking is a grossly inefficient way to move goods from one place to another. But the state of Hesse in Germany is about to embark on a trial which could help improve that inefficiency considerably. As business Green reports, 10 km of highway in Hesse will soon be equipped with overhead charging cables to be used by hybrid trucks to run on electricity when juice is available, and to switch back to diesel when it's not. It's all part of Siemens' eHighway initiative which the company claims would double energy efficiency compared running on gas, and slash emissions even more if those cables are charged from renewables.
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German State to Electrify 10km of Highway for Overhead Charging of Trucks
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I'm mentally OVERDRAWN! What's that SIGNPOST up ahead? Where's ROD
STERLING when you really need him?
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Thursday August 17 2017, @08:17PM
You want to really make this a fucking disaster? Start a campaign to merge this project with solar freakin roadways. The end result will be so disastrous that you could use it to convince people that burning coal and building 1960's nuke plants is green.