PropulsionSet on Vehicles

[JohanEntur]

For vehicles I have a suggestion that expands a bit on this:

<SelfPropelled>true</SelfPropelled> <PropulsionType>electric</PropulsionType> <FuelType>battery</FuelType>

This one is a bit more complex, but I want to be able to express this information in granulated detail. So, yes, it digs deep but should give lots of good data back. A usecase here is that some vehicles have multiple engines and fuels.

<PropulsionSet id="1" version="1">
  <SelfPropelled>true</SelfPropelled>
  <PropulsionMethod>electric</PropulsionMethod>
  <fuels> # also see fullCharge on VehicleModel
    <Fuel id="1" version="1">
      <Name>Coal</Name>
      <TotalSolidFuelCapacity>2300</TotalSolidFuelCapacity>                    
    </Fuel>
    <Fuel id="2" version="1">
      <Name>Diesel</Name>
      <TotalLiquidFuelCapacity>400</TotalLiquidFuelCapacity>
    </Fuel>
    <Fuel id="3" version="1">
      <Name>Electricity</Name>
      <TotalBatteryCapacity>2000</TotalBatteryCapacity>
    </Fuel>
  </fuels>
  <engines>
    <Engine id="1" version="1">
      <Name>The Coal Burner</Namsse>
      <FuelRef ref="3" version="1"/>
      <MaximumTractiveEffort>2345</MaximumTractiveEffort>
      <Torque>3432</Torque>
    </Engine>
    <Engine id="2" version="1">
      <Name>The Coal Burner</Name>
      <FuelRef ref="3" version="1"/>
      <MaximumTractiveEffort>22345</MaximumTractiveEffort>
      <Torque>13432</Torque>
    </Engine>
  </engines>
</PropulsionSet>

Just throwing this out here as a half finished idea. Thoughts?

[skinkie]

I think I want to know why Fuel and not FuelType (existing)

[JohanEntur]

Fair enough. I'm ok with FuelType instead.

[YAmsler]

You have also hybrid propulsion categories, and other propulsion methods (e.g. fly wheels on some trams). And for each category of PropulsionSet there might be a link with an enumeration of the vehicle propulsion energy source, e.g. for rail: catenary, third rail, Alstom "APS" (from the ground), batteries (of various categories, with different ways for charging), hydrogen...
For which purpose are the details on PropulsionSet proposed? What applies to the airborne and waterborne sectors?

[JohanEntur]

the purpose of the change is to allow for multiple propulsion methods and fuel types on a vehicle. today one would have to pick one or another.