Also China has a weird thing about battery operated trams. Not sure why they don't put up the wires for so many of them.
This type of tram is capable of operating off-wire for a short distance, useful for areas where overhead wires are not feasible due to obstructions or conflicts with other lines.
It definitely looks better, but I'm not sure if it's cost-effective at all.
the resulting returns from being able to decrease the amount of necessary infrastructure to run it will be cost-effective immediately
I guess it depends on whether more expensive and complex rolling stock makes up for putting up wires.
This one looks to be the 深爱号 Shen'ai Hao in Longhua district Shenzhen. The name is a pun meaning both 'Deep love' and 'Shen[zhen] love' because both share the first character 深.
It's also might be a bit of word play with 爱号(aì haò), as 爱好(aì haò)(hobby) sound the same, the whole word can be interpreted as ShenZhen's Hobby, because it's an advanced city in China and tech is their hobby.
You're right! I'm not a native speaker so that pun didn't jump out to me straight away. It's very playful. I really hope to visit Shenzhen one day.
China do have a thing for battery operated vehicle, i think they've been making electric busses for some time before Tesla is even mainstream, and also have a thing for hydrogen powered vehicle as well. China's growth in technology is scarily fast.
This took me by surprise cause when I first looked at this picture I thought it was taken from Barcelona or Paris. This is truly good looking
