Wabtec FLXdrive Battery-Electric Freight Locomotive
This project is announced in Canada and United States. The source does not give a quantified reduction for this project.
- Status
- Announced
- Estimated reduction
- Not quantified in the source
- Countries
- Canada and United States
- Sector
- Transport and logistics
- Announced
- 4 November 2021
- Expected start
- 2023
About this project
The description is as the source gives it.
CN purchased Wabtec's FLXdrive battery-electric heavy-haul freight locomotive, the first 100% battery locomotive for the region, to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by up to 30% in own rail operations as part of sustainability and decarbonization strategy. Evidence: "CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) is proud to announce its purchase of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery-electric freight locomotive, the first 100 percent battery heavy-haul locomotive for the region in support of CN’s sustainability goals. For its first battery-electric freight locomotive, CN plans to partner with Wabtec to put in service its next generation of FLXdrive technology, which will reduce fuel consumption and emissions by up to 30 percent." — https://www.wabteccorp.com/newsroom/press-releases/cn-advances-sustainability-efforts-with-wabtecs-battery-electric-locomotive
Statuses, countries and reductions are as the public source states them, and may be out of date.
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