Dramatically more powerful: world’s first battery-electric freight train unveiled

https://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science/dramatically-more-powerful-worlds-first-battery-electric-freight-train-unveiled/article

A mining company ordered the 7 Mw model, a fully electric locomotive that will contribute 11% of the energy to a hybrid diesel-electric arrangement of rail cars. Specs: 18,000 lithium-ion cells, 2.4 Mw battery pack, 3200+ Kw engine, computer driven regenerative braking to optimize trip efficiency (perhaps the diesel locomotive car in the hybrid arrangement also has regenerative braking and contributes electricity to the electric locomotive car's battery).

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