Australia’s largest rail freight operator, Aurizon, will develop and test a 1.8MWh battery-electric tender (BET) to power a standard diesel-electric locomotive in a hybrid diesel-battery configuration ...

The world's first diesel-electric hybrid train in commercial service, the Kiha E200, uses a diesel-powered engine during acceleration and the electric motor kicks in to maintain speed while collecting ...

AUSTRALIA: Freight operator Aurizon is to trial the use of a Battery Electric Tender intended to reduce emissions from heavy ...

Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE:CNI) announced on Thursday the launch of its new medium horsepower hybrid electric locomotive developed in collaboration with Knoxville Locomotive Works. The ...

When it comes to improving efficiency and reducing emissions in transportation, often the answer is to take what’s old and replace it with something entirely new, such as buying an electric vehicle.

More than 15 years have passed since General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt stepped to a microphone in Washington, D.C., to announce plans for a new hybrid locomotive to be built in Erie. The announcement, ...

Canadian start-up Edison Motors may not seem like much at first glance — consisting of fewer than two dozen people in a large tent — but their idea of bringing series hybrid technology to semi-trucks ...