It?s no secret that China is light years ahead of the U.S. on the development and use of high-speed trains. The latest news out of China is that it launched a super-fast high-speed rail (HSR) test train over the weekend. State-run media announced today that the train can travel up to 500 kilometers per hour (~310.7 miles per hour).
The train, designed to look like an ancient Chinese sword,?was made by a subsidiary of CSR Corp Ltd, China?s largest train maker.
The train ?has?a?maximum tractive?power?of?22,800?kilowatts,?compared?with?9,600?kilowatts?for?the?CRH380?trains?currentlyin?service?on?the?Beijing-Shanghai?High-Speed?Railway,?which?hold?the?world?speed?record?of300?km?per?hour,? China Daily notes.
h/t Reuters?| Image Credit: China Daily
Source: http://feeds.importantmedia.org/~r/IM-cleantechnica/~3/x20LeNvmSoo/
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