Tag: Trains

Slowing down container ships saves on CO2. And now a US-based startup is making the switch from road to rail in the logistics sector more efficient by developing a purely electric, driverless transport system. The system uses gripping arms to load containers onto the loading surface and operates autonomously on roads. The switch to rail networks is made possible...

Trains could remove CO2 from the atmosphere and self-driving containers on rails may bridge logistics gaps. But, according to a Swiss startup, the railway network has greater potential still. Why not use the area between tracks to generate clean energy? Create 2 megawatts of solar energy on a 10-kilometre stretch of rail, instead of 10,000㎡ of productive land… Instead...