Battery EMU test running begins in Derby

Bombardier’s Derby plant has installed battery rafts on IPEMU.

UK: An electric multiple-unit which has been retrofitted with lithium iron magnesium phosphate battery packs is now undergoing trials on the test track at Bombardier Transportation’s Derby plant. A series of fast runs is to be undertaken later this year at Network Rail’s Rail Innovation & Development Centre on the ...

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