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Tesla boosters in the media discover a thing called a "train". Reality of the "Tesla" Giga Train (archive.is)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Tesla's Germany factory is going to have a train service that will transport its workers for free, which cool, train good. But a number of the usual suspects (Teslarati and other Tesla/Elon loving media) are claiming that Tesla are launching the train as if it had built the train. In some cases adding its "mind-blowing" capacity (its the same as a regular train).

Here's the kicker: Tesla only slapped its name on a train built by Seimens, using batteries manufactured by Toshiba data-laughing

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I thought all rail in Germany was electric, but apparently the line that services this region and that this some is a part of runs on diesel trains. And as if right now their plan is to go with battery powered trains to transition away from diesel.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I think electrifying the line would be cheaper and safer.