{"id":116479,"date":"2021-06-15T15:15:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T15:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=116479"},"modified":"2021-06-15T15:15:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T15:15:52","slug":"gm-partnering-with-wabtec-on-electric-freight-locomotives-for-rail-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/gm-partnering-with-wabtec-on-electric-freight-locomotives-for-rail-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"GM partnering with Wabtec on electric freight locomotives for rail industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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General Motors and Wabtec Corp. are partnering to develop and commercialize electric locomotives using the automaker's battery and fuel cell technologies.<\/p>\n
The companies announced on Tuesday the signing of a nonbinding memorandum of understanding for GM to engineer and supply its Ultium battery and Hydrotec hydrogen fuel cell systems for Wabtec freight locomotives.<\/p>\n
"Wabtec's decision to deploy GM's Ultium battery and Hydrotec hydrogen fuel cell systems further validates our advanced technology and demonstrates its versatility," GM President Mark Reuss said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Implementation of the systems for the rail industry would expand GM's customer base for the emerging technologies, while giving Pittsburgh-based Wabtec a supplier for battery and fuel cells for electric locomotives.<\/p>\n
Wabtec has developed and tested a battery-electric locomotive called FLXdrive, which is powered by about 18,000 battery cells. The company says the prototype was part of a $22.6 million grant from the California Air Resource Board awarded to Wabtec, BNSF Railway and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The companies declined to release financial terms of the agreement or a potential time frame for commercialization of a battery or fuel cell-powered locomotive.<\/p>\n