Originally Posted by Theoldpinecricker
You can't compare an EV car to an diesel/electric train or huge mine haul truck. Those are completely different systems, one carries fuel which can easily be refueled and the other uses crappy rare earth battery materials.

Maybe the best tech example was the Milwaukee railroad which used an fully electric powered train from Harlow montana to Avery Idaho for decades.


Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 class electric locomotive.

[Linked Image from steamlocomotive.com]

Power output
Continuous: 4,620 hp
Short duration: 8,500 hp

Build dates: 1934 – 1943
Total produced: 139

First run: January 28, 1935
Last run: October 29, 1983

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_class_GG1

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