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  2. Current collector - Wikipedia

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    Trolley pole wheel on top of the trolley pole of Twin City Rapid Transit Company No. 1300. A current collector (often called a "pickup") is a device used in trolleybuses, trams, electric locomotives and EMUs to carry electric power from overhead lines, electric third rails, or ground-level power supplies to the electrical equipment of the vehicles.

  3. Conduit current collection - Wikipedia

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    Conduit for current collection between the rails of streetcars in Washington, D.C., 1939. Washington installed the system in 1895 [1] and it remained in operation until 1962 [2] Conduit current collection is an obsolete system that was used by some electric tramways to pass current to

  4. Ground-level power supply - Wikipedia

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    Seville Tram equipped with CAF ACR ground-level power supply, 2019. Ground-level power supply, also known as surface current collection or, in French, alimentation par le sol ("feeding via the ground"), is a concept and group of technologies that enable electric vehicles to collect electric power at ground level instead of the more common overhead lines.

  5. Pantograph (transport) - Wikipedia

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    The diamond-shaped, electric-rod pantograph of the Swiss cogwheel locomotive of the Schynige Platte railway in Schynige Platte, built in 1911 Cross-arm pantograph of a Toshiba EMU. A pantograph (or "pan" or "panto") is an apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train, tram or electric bus [1] to collect power through contact with an ...

  6. Trolley pole - Wikipedia

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    A trolley pole is not attached to the overhead wire. The pole sits atop a sprung base on the roof of the vehicle, with springs providing the pressure to keep the trolley wheel or shoe in contact with the wire. If the pole is made of wood, a cable brings the electric current down to the vehicle. A metal pole may use such a cable, or may itself ...

  7. Year in Review: Electric vehicles, components an emerging ...

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    An electric vehicle battery components plant was announced in May for Denver in Lincoln County. Green New Energy’s incentive package included $5.7 million. Green New Energy’s incentive package ...

  8. Electric vehicle battery - Wikipedia

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    An electric vehicle battery is a rechargeable battery used to power the electric motors of a battery electric vehicle (BEV) ... i.e. casings and current collectors ...

  9. Electric road - Wikipedia

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    Three types of electric road systems. An electric bus (black) receives power from the road: (A) with three inductive pickups (red) from a strip of resonant inductive coils (blue) embedded several centimeters under the road (gray); (B) with a current collector (red) sliding over a ground-level power supply rail segment (blue) flush with the surface of the road (gray); (C) with an overhead ...