The US railway company Wabtec has announced the world’s first electric battery-powered freight train. It seems that this important step will be revolutionary for the sustainability of rail transport. The train, named FLXdrive, is powered by a 7 megawatt battery. The battery of the train carries 100 times more energy than that of a Tesla car. It is inevitable that railway companies will be interested in locomotives such as FLXdrive and completely give up using fossil fuels, making these trains the most preferred travel and freight transportation options in the world.
