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Back of the napkin math says 11 teslas are worse than a single diesel locomotive
Care to explain? Is that based on electricity average generation, or manufacturing, or something else? Tesla chargers are often powered by renewables even if the surrounding grid is not
I wonder if it's worth it to build electric trains.
Most if not almost all trains are electric. At least in Europe.