France unveils super-fast train

[Dead_Parrot]

Meanwhile, over in nuke-land...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has attended the launch of a new high-speed train made by engineering giant Alstom.

The AGV (Automotrice Grande Vitesse) train will travel at up to 360km/h (224mph), powered by motors placed under each carriage, the company says.



The AGV's new motors are more energy-efficient and the innovative multiple-unit design allows more passenger space, Alstom says. It also reduces maintenance costs, the company says.

The Italian operator NTV has already bought 25 of the AGV trains, and will run them on the Italian high-speed network at a speed of 300km/h in 2011.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7227807.stm

Could someone remind me how many Italians will be traveling by solar-powered hydrogen hypercar in 2011?

[gateley]

1. I'm not seeing what it's powered BY -- I know I'm overlooking it, so could you

please enlighten me? Thanks.

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. Electricity.

It runs on the same lines as the TGV which is an electrified railway. It uses catenary wires and the trains collect the power via pantographs.

[gateley]

3. Thanks! If THEY can do it.... nt

[hunter]

4. If the French can do it, I'm sure it's impossible.

American Apple Pie General Motors Double Plus Good.

[NNadir]

5. So much for the theory that nuclear energy cannot be used for transportation.

We'll file that silly canard with the rest of the anti-nuke fantasies.

[cedric]

6. Good for the French

High speed trains are a great idea which should be encouraged.

[hatrack]

7. But GM has a new hybrid Yukon Denali!!!

:rofl:

[phantom power]

8. We're number one! We're number one!

:rofl:

[Dead_Parrot]

9. It's not just a river in Egypt...

Oh, I mis-read that.

I think.