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Cargohopper - Click above for image gallery It may not be flashy - or an EU Star Wars vehicle with a similar name - but the Cargohopper is saving fuel over in the Dutch city of Utrect. This little electric train - pulled by a tractor that is powered by a 48 Volt 28 hp electric motor - can move three metric tons and "is able to do the work of 5 to 8 regular (European sized) vans." WIth all three trailers attached, the Cargohopper is 13 meters (43 feet) long. The Cargohopper can only go 20 kilometers an hour (12 mph), but that's OK because it is used solely as the last step of packages intended for downtown Utrect. The idea was based on tourist trains that look similar and are used in other European cities. Here's how it works: On the outskirts of town, the trailer containers are loaded at operator Hoek's distrubution center and then brought to the border of the inner city via standard truck. From there, the EV loads the containers on its wheeled wagons and... http://www.depozitul.net/2009/07/cargo...