The world’s largest rail car manufacturer has rolled out zero-emission trains running on hydrogen fuel cells with supercapacitor buffers. At 100 miles per hour (160 km/h), the four-car train is the fastest hydrogen train ever.
Jointly developed by state-owned industrial monolith CRRC and Chengdu Railway Transportation, it is China’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train, offering a range of 373 miles (600 km) and emitting only water. It is capable of autonomous operation and has 5G communication, automatic wake-up, start/stop, and return to depot functions.
Germany is ahead of the curve in this regard, with about 14 hydrogen-fueled Alstom trains already in operation as of last year. CRRC machines can outperform German trains by about 20 km/h (12 mph) in speed, but German trains now offer a much longer range of about 620 miles (1,000 km).
Note that while Japan and South Korea are the most vocal countries pushing green hydrogen as a transportation solution, the latest figures show China leading the deployment of actual hydrogen refueling stations. is interesting. According to him, there are just over 1,000 hydrogen stations in the world. information trendsand about one-third of them are in China.
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It could be a compelling move. The country that controls most of the lithium battery supply chain is also quietly the fastest on hydrogen. With lithium resource scarcity driving prices to the ceiling and threatening to undermine the very momentum the electric revolution is picking up speed, it seems prudent to push hydrogen alternatives early. .
Source: Global Times
