Pike Research forecasts accelerating hybrid locomotive sales from 2015-2020
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 31, 2010
In 2001, Railpower launched the first hybrid electric switching locomotive in North America, using battery energy storage, called the Green Goat. Nickel metal hydride (NiMH), a favorite for current hybrid automobiles, is unlikely to move into the locomotive space due to cost and competitiveness from other chemistries, Pike suggests.
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