In dynamic braking, a locomotive’s electric motors work like generators and slow down the train. Per Trains.com, AC locomotives can have dynamic braking so good that they can almost stop on the ...

The company has 54 diesel-electric locomotives that pull 16 mining trains, each stretching about 1.7 miles in length. The company says that these trains could carry 34,404 metric tons of iron ore ...

Hybrid technology combing hydrogen fuel cells (HFC) and batteries may be a viable means to obtain high power ratings for main line North American locomotives, which for a very long time have lagged ...

Volvo’s two-motor electric powertrain produces similar numbers — 455 hp and 4,051 pound-feet, but a torque and horsepower chart shows continuous full torque from 0-4,000 rpm, and then an ...

Editor's note: Japanese supplier Aisin manufacturers traction motors for hybrids and EVs. An earlier version of this story said otherwise. When it comes to electric vehicles, efficiency is money ...

Work also continues on its core range of axial-flux electric motors, as Evolito eyes service entry for its first serial product in around 2026.

The first high efficiency linear motor (LM) propulsion system to power a metro train was successfully tested and validated at Changchun Railway Vehicles Co. Ltd. in Changchun, China.

For autonomous electric vehicles, Simcenter portfolio can enable automakers and e-powertrain component suppliers to correctly spec, design and integrate battery, motor and power electronics for the ...