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In San Francisco, and many other cities, electric buses get their power by connecting a pantograph arm to HV cables strung over streets along their routes. I want an electric battery powered (or hybrid) car that has a pantograph on the roof so I too can hook to the overhead wires. That would provide
a huge savings in battery power in stop and go city traffic and might even charge up the battery while I was idling. The added bonus is that the city would surely raise a fit, ensuring that I would be on the nightly news in every city in the U.S. the first day I used it.
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I thought a pantograph was a machine that determined the size of jeans you should wear. |
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Half-baked in the movie Super Mario Bros. There, I said it first. |
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Think how fun this could be combined with skid steering
and all wheel steering for Metropolis driving. |
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i thought this had something to do with removing your pants with tiny electric cars |
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so disappointed, I thought you were going to do really big drawings... |
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A more important question is what kind of electric car idles? I could've sworn they only consume power when the motor is exerting some force i.e. when it's moving or trying not to roll back down a hill. |
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