Rolls-Royce signs deal to trial hybrid-electric train conversions

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Rolls-Royce signs deal to trial hybrid-electric train conversions

Hundreds of British trains candidates.

Rolls-Royce has signed a deal to conduct a trial conversion of diesel trains to hybrid-electric engines in Britain, in a deal which could be rolled out to hundreds of trains across the country from the 2020s. The British company, which is best known for making aircraft engines, said on Wednesday ...

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