Battery Hybrid Trains: Development of the Global Technology
Show: Japan Railway Journal --> Season: 1 - Season 1
AirDate: 7/11/2015
Runtime: 28
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Overview: Battery-hybrid trains draw power from both contact lines and their onboard batteries, and they are gaining worldwide attention due to their eco-friendliness and energy-saving technology. See Japan's world-first lithium-ion battery train "ACCUM" in action, plus the new tram and fuel-cell hybrid train in development at Japan's top railway research institute. Then explore 140 years of Japan's railway history at an interactive museum that features full cab simulators.