China moves dense short-haul travel to rail while building COMAC into the aircraft market that remains.
Boeing expects Chinese airlines to require 8,830 new commercial aircraft by 2043. That sounds like an enormous opportunity until the denominator is corrected. China is not starting with aircraft demand and asking which manufacturer should supply it. It is deciding how people should move, assigning dense corridors to electric rail, … [continued]
Chatgpt generated editorial image of future competition between high-speed rail, highways, and short-haul aviation in Canada.
Canada’s revived high-speed rail (HSR) proposal deserves a serious hearing. It also deserves an outside-view assessment grounded in the history of rail megaprojects, not just the aspirations of sponsors and advocates. The current Alto proposal for a high-speed line between Toronto and Québec City is the most concrete Canadian version … [continued]
China continues to lead the world forward in cleantech. We are not in the 1990s anymore, Toto. China is launching the biggest and the best in tech week after week. This week, news from the country is that it is trialling the fastest bullet train in the world. (Thanks to … [continued]
When Caltrain switched from diesel to electric trains, the decrease in harmful black carbon pollution was dramatic.
China has introduced a new high speed rail train with a top speed of 450 km/h, making it the fastest train on Earth.
This month has witnessed the commercial opening of the first high-speed train line in the world’s southern hemisphere. The new rail line, between the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Bandung, cuts journey time from around 3 hours, down to just 45 minutes. KCIC high-speed train. KCIC press image. The new … [continued]
It’s a common enough joke on the EV forums: Elon Musk hates trains. Musk hates trains so much, in fact, that he supposedly put forward the Hyperloop project specifically to disrupt a high-speed rail project in California, all in a bid to sell more cars. Well, it seems that the … [continued]
VIrgin Hyperloop has conducted its first test with humans aboard. Was it a Kitty Hawk moment?
Irish national railway operator orders 41 hybrid-ready PowerPacks Delivery scheduled to commence next summer, with options for future hybrid conversion Rolls-Royce is to supply its very first series production MTU PowerPacks which are prepared for future use as hybrid traction units: Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail, the national railway operator of … [continued]
An SEC filing shows the Boring Company has raised $113 million in new investments from 31 individuals. Elon Musk is the largest contributor, putting in $100 million of his own money.
