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Originally Posted by redpoint5
EVs are more capable of pulling heavy loads, not less. Modern trains are electric. You're confusing an electric vehicle with fuel source.
2nd paragraph is just entirely wrong. ICE are less efficient in every way. There is no scenario in which they convert the stored energy into mechanical energy more efficiently.
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No, you're the one who is wrong and I'm not at all confused - you just don't know how to read.
The overwhelming majority of locomotives are powered by diesel engines. Moreover, trains run on a fixed track, which means they can be more easily electrified WITHOUT BATTERIES. Still most electric trains to my knowledge are commuter and subway trains - NOT long haul cargo trains.
Electric motors produce tons of torque but in BEVs most of that is wasted hauling heavy batteries around. So yes, they are capable of hauling a heavy load. But here's where your lack of reading comprehension comes in: I qualified my statement by saying they couldn't go for more than an hour or two, which is indisputable fact. I specifically mentioned BEVs - those are battery electric vehicles in case you aren't aware. I'm not talking about some imaginary world where your BEV were somehow directly plugged into the grid.