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2. It only goes 87 mph

Wed Nov 2, 2016, 07:37 PM

Nov 2016

From the article in the OP:

The hydrogen tank will be large enough to fuel a nearly 500-mile journey and propel the train at up to 87 miles per hour, CityLab reported.

There are already lots of zero-emission trains which go much faster than that.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail

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The world's first zero-emissions train could be running by 2017 [View all] nationalize the fed Nov 2016 OP

The world is filled with zero emissions trains kristopher Nov 2016 #1

I didn't write the title nationalize the fed Nov 2016 #7

It only goes 87 mph bananas Nov 2016 #2

Fast enough for the U.S. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2016 #3

It really depends on how clean the production of hydrogen is ThoughtCriminal Nov 2016 #4

Yep. I intended to put quotes around zero emissions and forgot. kristopher Nov 2016 #5

Hydrogen HYPErcars will be in showrooms by 2005. NNadir Nov 2016 #6