Germany is getting passenger trains powered by fuel cells. Even the first trains of this type were manufactured by the French company Alstom. Coradia iLint trains will transport the first passengers on German tracks in December 2017, namely on the Buxtehude–Bremervörde–Bremerhaven–Cuxhaven route, and until then the zero-emission trains will be rapidly tested.
In Germany will also run on the tracks from 2017 fuel cell passenger trains, more precisely on hydrogen cells. The first trains of this kind, Coradia iLint, it is Alstom presented at the Berlin fair InnoTrans.
The train generates electricity with the help of hydrogen in a tank on the roof and oxygen in the air and stores enough 'fuel' for 800 kilometers (excess energy is stored in lithium-ion batteries). The only emissions produced by the train are condensed water and steam. The maximum speed that the train can reach is 140 km/h, and it will be able to transport up to 300 passengers.
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The first train powered by hydrogen cells will take its first passengers December 2017, namely on the relation Buxtehude–Bremervörde–Bremerhaven–Cuxhaven (Lower Saxony), and before that there will be 14 trains with which the authorities want to offer an alternative 4000 to diesel trains, which are currently in circulation in Germany - these are much less environmentally friendly, but at the same time cause a lot noise pollution –, extensively tested. However, Germany recently adopted a bold plan with which it wants them to be all newly registered cars emission-free in 2030.
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