ZHENGZHOU, China, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. (“Yutong“, SHA:600066), a global mainstream bus supplier, has successfully completed rigorous road tests under extreme cold weather conditions of its pure electric buses in Norway and Kazakhstan, demonstrating a significant milestone in the electrification of public transport. Facing temperatures as low as -25°C in … Read more
ZHENGZHOU, China, Jan. 10, 2024 /CNW/ — Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. (“Yutong”, SHA:600066), a global mainstream bus supplier, proudly reflects on its transformative journey in 2023, a year marked by pioneering achievements and an unwavering commitment to sustainable transportation. As part of its annual tradition, Yutong provides an insightful update on its progress, with a … Read more
An artist’s impression of New York City’s new power converter station, now under construction CHPE New York City has begun construction work to hook up its power grid with a planned 546-kilometre-long transmission line that will carry electricity from hydropower plants in the Canadian province of Quebec. Once completed, the $6 billion project aims to … Read more
Freight trains in the US can be kilometres long Getty Images Source: Moment RF Freight trains are getting longer in the US. Thousands of such trains, often more than a kilometre long, run safely every day. But a recent derailment and resulting chemical spill in Ohio has raised questions about whether longer trains are at … Read more
Cleanup is ongoing in East Palestine, Ohio after a train carrying chemicals derailed Tannen Maury/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The freight train derailment in eastern Ohio involved a failing wheel bearing that overheated without initially triggering the alert threshold set for the railroad’s defect detectors, according to a preliminary report by federal safety investigators. The Norfolk Southern Railway train … Read more
A prototype heat pump that uses water and sound to cool is three times as efficient as previous comparable designs Technology 6 December 2022 By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan A new type of heat pump can match current air conditioning systems in terms of efficiency Shutterstock/Richard Peterson A heat pump that uses sound to cool is three … Read more