Not to be splitting hairs, but that was a state-funded project, not a federal one. And at least we now have an – expensive – example to point at the next time somebody stupidly suggests doing more hydrogen than battery-powered trains when even a train maker says hydrogen makes zero sense in Europe and they only have hydrogen in their portfolio because some RfPs demand a hydrogen option alongside battery ones.
iTmkoeln on
That is what you get for buying alstom trash (experimental)
Illustrious_Ad_23 on
I hope with the downfall of the FDP we will see a downfall of lobbyism towards a completely useless technological dead end, too.
SubjectiveAssertive on
An experimental product – of course there is going to be issues. Railway history is littered with them
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Not to be splitting hairs, but that was a state-funded project, not a federal one. And at least we now have an – expensive – example to point at the next time somebody stupidly suggests doing more hydrogen than battery-powered trains when even a train maker says hydrogen makes zero sense in Europe and they only have hydrogen in their portfolio because some RfPs demand a hydrogen option alongside battery ones.
That is what you get for buying alstom trash (experimental)
I hope with the downfall of the FDP we will see a downfall of lobbyism towards a completely useless technological dead end, too.
An experimental product – of course there is going to be issues. Railway history is littered with them