Tesla’s highly anticipated “Giga Train,” its first all-electric battery-powered train, has debuted in
Germany.
The Giga Train takes passengers from Erkner Station to Tesla Sud, the station located at the company’s manufacturing facility, about 20 miles southeast of Berlin.
Currently, 500 people can be transported on the train, with 120 seats, space for bicycles, and an information system for passengers, per Teslarati. It’s also free to not just Tesla employees, but regular passengers as well.
It’s eventually expected to transport 4,500 employees to and from the factory, based on three eight-hour shifts. An additional stop will be added once construction in the area
is completed.
“We are particularly pleased that the Tesla train shuttle is now battery-electric because it is simply in line with our company mission: to accelerate the transition to renewable energies,” Theresa Eggler, a project manager at Tesla, told German media
outlet rbb24.
Niederbarnimer Eisenbahngesellschaft, or NEB, said there are additional plans to switch the fleet from diesel to e-trains at the end of
this year.
The introduction of the electric train is a great option for employees and the general public to utilize greener transportation options to save on gas and maintenance for cars and pollution from personal vehicles. The train is expected to save 50 tons of carbon dioxide pollution compared to other trains, Eggler told rbb24, a major environmental win.
Source: Yahoo Tech
