Siemens has proposed exactly such a system. The infrastructure cost is higher because the charging coils are embedded in the trackway.
Terry On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Terry Blanton wrote: > >> And trains. Meet SWIMO: >> >> http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20071120/142783/ > > This is light rail with a 10 km range on batteries. This makes more sense > than buses with capacitors or fast-charge batteries. I think it would be > easier to put a recharger under a track, because you know exactly where the > train will be, and trains always stop at stations, whether there are > passengers or not. > > - Jed > >
