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Given the urgent need to limit the impact of climate change, ABB is helping businesses accelerate decarbonization by delivering complete electrical powertrain solutions for a range of industrial vehicles, transportation and marine vessels. While most vehicles and vessels are still diesel-powered, electrification solutions comprising motors, inverters, controllers, and energy storage systems have

Energy efficiency principles can be applied to any motor-driven application, including heavy-duty construction machinery. In Norway, Nasta upgrades such machines by replacing their original diesel engines with an electric powertrain from ABB, resulting in longer vehicle lifespans, no need for fossil fuels, and emission-free operation.

Energy-efficient drive solutions and energy storage systems from ABB are helping municipal public transport companies approach the goal of emission-free mobility.

ABB has won orders worth around $80 million from Stadler for energy-efficient traction and high-performance battery technologies for high-capacity commuter trains. Many of these trains will strengthen the short-distance transportation network in Spain serving more than one million commuters every day in some of Spain’s largest cities such as Madrid and Barcelona. The orders also include traction

ABB has won a large order from German railway company Deutsche Bahn for the upgrade of its first flagship InterCity Express (ICE 1) high-speed train series. The contract is part of a refurbishment program and includes the upgrade of 76 high-speed locomotives to ABB’s highly energy efficient IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors) traction converters. Replacing existing power electronics from the

Public transport operator RVBW (Regionale Verkehrsbetriebe Baden-Wettingen) switched its fleet of four buses on line 5 to battery electric operation. Solutions from ABB are part of this important step towards the electrification of the entire RVBW bus fleet, including charging infrastructure, drivetrain and onboard energy storage solutions. The e-buses are manufactured by HESS from Switzerland.

ABB traction equipment to reduce rail operators’ carbon emissions and provide reliable and efficient rail transport in Berlin and Schleswig-Holstein.

Gorzów has upgraded its tram network with modern, low-floor vehicles, providing a fast, comfortable and environment-friendly public transport system. The new trams are powered by ABB motors.

Epiroc has worked with ABB to develop the e-drivetrain for Railcare’s battery-powered vehicle for rail maintenance applications. The multi-purpose vehicle offers emission-free, low noise operation that improves the working environment and increases its potential for deployment underground, such as in metro systems and mines.

ABB has won orders worth over $180 million from Swiss train manufacturer Stadler to supply leading-edge equipment for more than 160 trains and locomotives in Europe and North America. ABB battery and traction systems will further drive decarbonization and support the transition to more sustainable electromobility.