Is This The Future of Trucking? eHighway

[@billapperson2257]

I will keep my 389 Peterbilt . Damn the fuel mileage sucks but damn it’s a beast !!!!

[@jimsnow8336]

The biggest problem is the same one with current powerlines. Storms and high wind. Also it appears the contactors on the trick are static plates that would wear out quickly as well as rubbing on the power lines. An in ground system would eliminate those weaknesses and could also help with steering. They could be installed relatively quickly with a large trencher followed by a machine similar to a cement curb machine then installing metal plates inside the cement with rolling contactors under the truck. This would also prevent possible entanglement wit overhead powerlines.

[@monikat6535]

Yeah. So lets add more windmills- worked out well for Texas last winter.

[@Duraganthelion]

There are buses similar to these electric highways called Trolley Buses, they've been around for decades and they have proven themselves to be very reliable and a healthier choice by travel. The only downside is they need over hanging wires to operate so smaller more rural routes are off limits for them, but inner cities and urban areas can be ideal.

[@stevelinbergbaby135]

One hurricane will take out our shipping ⚠️💨

[@manp1039]

hurricanes are not really a problem in the western states.

[@monikat6535]

Uhhh- were do these people think the electric is coming from when they recharge their 'fuel saving electrical things'?

[@martinrandall5836]

CGS Tech. When people talk about hydrogen they always think “fuel cell” but they forget a fuel cell still adds weight and price to the vehicle, just like a battery. Trucks, trains, and ships, all have Diesel engines that need to be replaced but, instead of disposing of a century old technology why not adapt it to run on a cleaner fuel like hydrogen? It has already been done by JCB at their engine plant in Derbyshire, England, and Toyota are doing the same with car engines. A ship could use hydrogen as a fuel because it could produce it from sea water. The world looks to be going in the direction of a “hydrogen economy “ but at the moment it is a dirty fuel to make. You have grey and blue hydrogen, both of which are as dirty as each other to make, the cleanest would be green hydrogen made using renewables. Maybe you could do a video on the JCB and Toyota projects.

[@cgstech5657]

Hi, I find hydrogen topic interesting so I'll see if I can make a video. Thanks for your suggestion, I'll definitely look into it.

[@martinrandall5836]

@@cgstech5657 Have a look at a company called Plasma Kinetics, they had ground breaking hydrogen technology back in 2008 that the US government banned until 2017.

[@cgstech5657]

Interesting, I saw a bit of an interview on E for Electric channel. Thanks for letting me know.

[@monikat6535]

Thank you!!!!

[@sophiespencer8364]

c'est vraiment super comme projet, il devrait même être de plus grand ampleur

[@hughwolfe1176]

Not to throw ice water on the designers but the first time there’s an accident involving one of those overhead electrical poles there will be miles of non functional e highway until repairs are made… How about we just utilize the railroads we already have in place to get the trucks off the interstate system thus reducing repairs due to overweight trucks.

[@id104335409]

The railroad connects every city already from times way back. Why do this to the highway, when you really really need to take that load off the trucks and onto trains?

[@alkohl5106]

Even with railways, trucks will be needed to moved freight from freight yards to customers. Not too many grocery stores have rail docks.

[@mazlosoutdooradventures8594]

If everyone quit depending on others for their necessities, and not dependent of a system that control by power hungry elites, we all be better off

[@alkohl5106]

@@mazlosoutdooradventures8594 and how would feed places like NYC or Chicago?

[@monikat6535]

Still gotta get the trucks from the rail station to the store- or does your railway stop at every retail provider???

[@monikat6535]

@@mazlosoutdooradventures8594 stop depending on government- We can trust each other

[@giovanninassini1988]

can you tell me the current taken by the pantograph?

[@meripederson8379]

There is a need for many more trees which have been destroyed and the first best solution!

[@frederickmoller]

I hope not!

[@manp1039]

i think this e-highway could also be used for recharging batteries. What I am wondering is how the cost will be charged to the truck for the energy consumed. where is the section of highway in Los Angeles?

[@cgstech5657]

eHighway system also recharges batteries while driving. Good point about the cost, didn't think of that. The US eHighway is between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Here is a segment on it from Discovery channel - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaSUh6KmnJipi8U

[@mannysynth1664]

Let's do this yesterday!

[@mazlosoutdooradventures8594]

It's so funny to see people hooking in the electric vehicles up to a natural gas-fired and Cole burning power plants or nukes thinking they got away from fossil fuels .... California can't even keep power on for it's residents but all the sudden are making everyone dependent on a system that doesn't produce enough energy to power the state that sponsoring the terrible idea

[@monikat6535]

@@mazlosoutdooradventures8594 and Texas?- went well last winter with their windmills! Conserving oil, while people freeze. I'm with you!

[@ronusa1976]

Hard as it may be for many environmentalists to acknowledge, a technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions at coal plants needs to be a part of a global approach to carbon dioxide reduction. It is a remarkable paradox: At a time when the rest of the world is looking toward America for leadership in combating global warming, the environmental movement refuses to accept the only technology that could make a real difference in reducing carbon emissions from coal and other fossil fuels that are the foundation of the global energy system. Coal plants with carbon capture technology along with advanced nuclear reactors can reliably provide all of the electricity needed globally with little or no CO2 emissions. These technologies will work in almost any region in the world. Dan Ervin, RCEnergy

[@mynewschannel3100]

You left out the second hydrogen option. Combusting in a modified internal combustion engine which is the direction JCB and Toyota are going in.

[@cgstech5657]

I'll definitely look into that. Thanks!

[@monikat6535]

They can't even make a battery in a phone that doesn't overheat and catch on fire- lmk how it goes driving that- let alone getting hit by someone 🤦

[@m.lakshmananm.lakshmanan6120]

How to transmitted neutral to motor. Only used direct current. Any accident on the road directly attack power to the people.

[@justdna4385]

Trailers have a ton of space for solar cells, and a large percent of trucks don't transfer trailers.

[@ASURLUIS]

It is the same technology of the trolleybuses that have circulated in a totally efficient way since 1901, but they do not dare to say the word trolleybus; Why ??, because it would mean going back to the past perhaps and they do not want to accept it?

[@oneshotme]

I don't see this happening in the USA for a long time!!! Basically because of the cities being so far away from each other

[@alkohl5106]

One good ice storm and the lines will come down. Then they become a hazard to the general public.

[@manp1039]

I imagine some kind of ultrasound generator or thermal system could be implemented to prevent ice formation. Additionally.. if it is a very regularly used line.. I imagine the heat generated from the trucks running their plats over them would continually shear/wear/melt ice formations? also.. a specialized bot could be used to run over the line .. like a drone and inspect and remove ice or other debris or identify maintenance issues.. with cameras/sensers? And besides that.. the ice issues are really only applicable in certain geographies

[@alkohl5106]

@@manp1039 all we have to do is look at the current situation. One good ice storm knocks out cities all across the US.

[@arainadiaz9219]

Pedal power to burn fat? Or looong extension cords. Lol Battery energy density and fade so far is terrible. What we have is the best we have unless radical change in battery tech or fuels.

[@jamesonpace726]

Tech problems, no. But it's such a good, simple idea that politics, ($) will probably kill it....

[@adziak]

Irrational idea in my opinion. We already have trains and many countries don't even invest more $ into creating more railways and connecting more cities.

[@leagueofotters2774]

no

[@UserUnknown07]

Why

[@hauntedcaptainphoenix5363]

I need to find people to help me make stuff

[@billapperson2257]

Thank god I will be retired before this happens!!!!!

[@monikat6535]

That's what I thought.

[@bertsimmons1756]

The highways would need to have a separate lane for the trucks using the overhead power lines, no cars.

[@monikat6535]

The highways were built for trucks- technically commerce- My God read an actual book

[@bertsimmons1756]

@@monikat6535 So what books have you read? Have you ever watch people driving on the freeways?

[@1musculardystrophy346]

Are these going to be power lines supplied and maintained by PG&E? 🤣🤣🤣

[@monikat6535]

Want to save the planet- maybe private jets?? Stop picking on the little people. Most of us walk- and not for fun in a gym.

[@b.j.hinote4301]

Loos like a disaster waiting to happen

[@joeracerable]

That is the stupidist thing I have ever heard of. The cost for that would be astronomically huge specially in Canada or the USOFA.

[@pankajmittal9457]

idiotic invention.