Wabtec: Battery-electric locomotive reduces fuel use by 11%
Efforts to commercialize second-generation battery-electric locomotive already underway
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Wabtec’s (NYSE: WAB) battery-electric locomotive reduces a train’s fuel consumption by an average 11%, the Pittsburgh-headquartered rail equipment manufacturer and technology provider said Monday.
The FLXdrive, which Wabtec bills as the world’s first 100% battery-powered, heavy-haul freight locomotive, also reduced the train’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to the company. Wabtec was unveiling the results of a three-month study on the locomotive.
“The FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive is a defining moment for freight rail and will accelerate the industry toward low- to zero-emission locomotives,” said Wabtec Chief Technology Officer Eric Gebhardt. “It builds upon the rail industry’s position as the most efficient and sustainable mod
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Located in the center of the South’s Music Triangle between Memphis, Nashville and Alabama’s famed Muscle Shoals, students at Mt. Pleasant High School aim to make their own mark on the region’s rich traditions of recorded music.
On Monday, the school unveiled its new recording studio and broke it in with memorable riffs and drum beats from the school s current and past talented musicians.
Following the studio’s opening celebration, three students, who make up the band On the Spot were busy performing their own set and instrumental interpretations of rock classics for the school’s studio television production class.
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