- Germany has rolled out the world’s first hydrogen-powered train, Coradia iLint, that can travel up to 140 kilometers per hour.
- Two models of the bright blue low noise train has been built by French TGV-maker Alstom and will ply a 100 km (62-mile) route between the towns and cities of Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde and Buxtehude in northern Germany.
- Hydrogen trains are equipped with fuel cells that produce electricity through a combination of hydrogen and oxygen, a process that leaves steam and water as the only emissions.