TIL: Zündapp made scooters as well as big flat fours.

C1 and C, C being unrestricted. I'm not sure how many people bother with the C1 given the limitations.

Show me where you see the French flag.

Already here.

Battery powered trains are becoming very much a thing. These are multiple units rather than loco hauled but the idea is that you charge the batteries under the wires and then use the batteries to get you over unelectrified sections, this being cheaper than wiring up the latter.

Yes, it's one of their diesel locos which they hope to replace.

The “infinity train” is going to be battery powered but as I understand it the four they mention at the start of the article use overhead.

Diesel electric locos traditionally just waste the recovered energy as heat though. Newer passenger trains may use it for heat and light, not so much with freight.

You can do your own Googling, but I live in a place where nearly all deaths on the railway are suicide.

Stock picture of a diesel loco....

The ones in the article run on overhead wires and the regenerated power is sent back to those same wires. Other ore trains can do the same.

I don't think that mode of suicide is that common though - I understand it's usually on foot.

I think the majority are suicide, very much a thing on the railway.

There’s only so much you can do sadly. Suicide by train is very much a thing and it’s perfectly plausible that 75% of the deaths are intentional. Yes, it is hard on drivers. They are warned about it during recruitment.

Bentley might like to relax a bit. Their behemoth is still 250kg under the Class B limit.

Probably the Tesla 3. They're quite a common sight in some places, although some are made in China.

(in Europe they use commas instead of periods)

Not everyone likes this though.

Don’t know about US law, but when Infiniti were selling in the EU they had to fit a mechanical backup because full steer by wire was illegal.

Car is about 1750kg and the battery is about 495kg.