Autonomous Electric Trains Really Are Coming For Your Diesel
The US startup Intramotev is squeezing diesel out of the freight hauling business, starting with electric trains for heavy industries.
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More Hydrogen Fleets That Reached The End Of The Tragicomedy Including Iceland
One thing that the hydrogen for energy chorus is good at is celebrating and amplifying acts 2 and 3 of the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet, when governments unlock millions or tens of millions for hydrogen trials and cash-starved fleet owners throw it at a handful of hydrogen buses, trucks … [continued]
Bavaria Enters Act 3 of Tragicomic Odyssey Of The Hydrogen Fleet
The hydrogen chorus is again singing, discordantly and joyfully, as Bavaria continues along the tragicomic journey which inevitably leads to abandoning hydrogen after wasting much governmental money and delaying electrification. A tiny, two-car Siemens light-rail passenger train has completed trials this week and sometime in 2024 will go into service, … [continued]
More Diesel-Killing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Trains Heading For Germany, Plus India Piles On
Hydrogen fuel cell electric trains are coming to decarbonize railways in Germany, India, and California with an assist from green hydrogen technology.
US Electric Train Maker Sends Hot Pink Diesel-Killing Love Letter To Australia
This new electric train will hit the rails in Australia, complete with a regenerative braking braking system that recharges its own battery on-the-go.
Wabtec Sends Electric Train Love Letter To World’s Largest Iron Mine
Wabtec is taking its FLXdrive electric train on the road, and the next stop is the world’s biggest iron ore mine and the world’s longest ore train, too.
It’s An Electric Train, But Don’t Call It An Electric Train
A new type of autonomous electric train is on track to electrify the US freight rail network and push diesel trucks off the highways, too
What If WE Owned The Tracks?
When it comes to energy efficient transportation in America, no transportation option is better than the railroads. They have been the freight transportation backbone of America for nearly 200 years, which is why all the recent news about train derailments and union strikes deserves our attention. While more profitable then … [continued]
Railroads & Solar Power: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
Squeezing more solar power into the German railroad system is the aim of a new study, and the US railway industry could take a page or two from that book.
China’s 21st Century Dilemma: Development and Carbon Emissions
“Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.” That’s the paradox gripping China, the world’s most populous nation. A new seven-year study by researchers from the University of East Anglia relates China’s carbon dioxide emissions to the country’s accelerating economic growth. The results, published today in Nature Climate Change, illustrate … [continued]
