First battery-electric freight train: The Wabtec Corporation sets world record

First battery-electric freight train: The Wabtec Corporation sets world record

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States--Freight train manufacturer Wabtec (NYSE: WAB), in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, showed off the new FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive; the 430,000-lb (195,044-kg) train runs on 18,000 lithium-ion battery cells allowing it to produce up to 4,400 hp, and sets the world record for the First battery-electric freight...

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