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GM and Wabtec Agree to Make Electric and Hydrogen-Powered Trains
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General Motors Co. and Wabtec Corp. have signed a nonbinding agreement to build locomotive engines using the automaker’s Ultium electric battery and its Hydrotec hydrogen fuel-cell system, the companies said Tuesday.
The two companies will jointly develop the clean-powered locomotives for heavy-haul trains, they said in a statement. They didn’t say when the technology would be ready.