Power vehicles from an equipment grid

[ariscop]

TL;DR

Allow vehicles to draw power from an equipment grid

What ?

It would be nice to use a vehicles engine power for its equipment grid, rather than have a fusion reactor for equipment and a coal fired engine for motion. This has been suggested before viewtopic.php?f=6&t=31616

More interesting solution would be to power the vehicle from an equipment grid. This would let you chose an arbitrary energy source and allow a vehicle to be upgraded through parts

A new equipment type that exports motive force separately to electrical energy would be ideal. Burner engine with an alternator produce motor power and some electrical power, and electric engines that turn grid power into motive force. Fuel bonuses would work as they are now, but electrical engines would need their own system, perhaps stacking them would provide a similar bonus

Most likely possible with a mod, moving energy from the grid into its vehicle every tick seems doable, though not ideal

Why ?

It would add some needed depth to vehicles, especially the tank, which imo is obsolete once you get mk2 armor. equipment grids as is can add a lot but don't really interact with the vehicle, and move speed equipment in a tank or train is kind of silly, surely i would use a different engine instead of adding legs

[BlueTemplar]

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Induction%20Charging
"Power your equipment grid whilst in range of power poles, albeit at a price."


https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Optera/VehicleGrid


https://mods.factorio.com/mod/ElectricVehicles3


https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Equipment ... ableEngine
"Adds Portable Engine armor equipment that burns fuels to produce power."

[Katawa]

Wold make sense the other way around if you could charge your modular armor from the car generator and maybe could charge from the power grid.