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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] 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

using batteries manufactured by Toshiba

Batteries?? It's a train! We have ways to run electric trains. They're like everywhere else in Germany. Wtf

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago

How else are you going to make a perfectly solid design into a fire hazard

[–] [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.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

The most absurd thing about all of this is they're putting batteries electric trains

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Surprised it’s not called TrainX or something like that

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

TrainXXX

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

He'll get the idea in ten years and then try to claim that the current name is its deadname while simultaneously not respecting trans people

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

On related note I was reading about electric trains and how are so few in America electric compared to many countries?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

how are so few in America electric compared to many countries

Powerful car lobbies, the same ones that destroyed trolley and other mass transit systems early in the 20th century.

Fuck cars.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

Powerful car lobbies

To add to this, the most successful locomotive lineups in American freight and passenger service (SD, GP, F) were manufactured by GM for the longest time before being handed off to another corporation. So naturally it was in their vested interest for trains to run on oil.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Dieselbrains like to peddle the excuse that we couldn't run double stack freight on electric lines but the NEC seems to handle it well.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Read the figure that 38% of rails worldwide are electrified or something. Surely some can double stack?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

if septa can do it anyone can

^jk\ I've\ never\ been\ to\ philly^

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

There are less electric railways in USA than in Uzbekistan.