A hydrogen-powered smart tram rolled off the production line at CRRC’s rail transit industrial base in Yibin, Sichuan province, in June 2024, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The innovative tram, developed independently by China, enter ed service on Yibin’s T4 smart tram line in southwest China’s Sichuan in August this year.
Powered by hydrogen energy, the tram promises longer range, higher operational efficiency and lower carbon emissions. Equipped with a 35-MPa hydrogen storage system and a high-power fuel-cell system, the tram can run 200 km on a single fill-up with zero emission.
China’s smart trams are already in service in several cities, including Suzhou, Harbin and Xi’an. They have also been exported to international markets such as Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.
Source: People’s Daily, Aug 9, 2024.